POLISH OR GERMAN LOBSTERTAIL HELMET

Ca. 17th century AD
Round one-piece skull with nice traces of hammering. Horizontal visor, fixed to the skull with rivets. Hole for the face guard, adjusted with a screw. The top or the face guard ends with flame – shape flat end, bottom – with rivet, restricting taking out of the guard. Cheek guards of an interesting shape, with eight holes. Neck guard from three movable lames. Unusual helmet, most probably belonging to 17th-century hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but also could be of German origin.
Size: L:300mm / W:355mm ; 1.35kg
Provenance: Property of a European collector, ex. Private German collection.
Estimate: GBP 1350 - 2700