21 Nov 2018

A Masked Helmet

,


A tight helmet with grotesque face (masked visor), Germany or Italy, early 16th century and later. Height: 9.44″/24 cm. Typical modified helmet for the Gioco del Ponte. Provenance: Collection of the Royal Dynasty of Hanover, Marienburg, auctioned at Sotheby’s, October 2005

StumbleUpon.com
3 Feedbacks on "A Masked Helmet"

gbear

Original NPC dude?



Schill McGuffin

I wonder if they wore a big, floppy hat with that.



rick

Good God. What would drive men to create such a thing? War is hell. While that may deflect a musket ball surely there would be internal injury.



Comments

Please Leave a Comment!




Please note: Comments may be moderated. It may take a while for them to show on the page.
















Feeds
Entries (RSS)
Comments (RSS)
Feed Shark