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€ 1.800 - 2.200
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€ 3.750
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Ottoman Empire
height ca. 60 cm.
Helmet with iron hemispherical skull surmounted by a cusp on a base shaped as a truncated cone, sliding metal nosepiece decorated with a gold face in the lower part and with two cartouches at the ends, the upper part with floral motifs. Two plume-holders on the sides. The entire surface of the skull engraved with very fine floral motifs and with six cartouches decorated in gold, the margin with inscriptions in Arabic. Fine fringed mail neck-defense (small missing parts) of with small simple closed rings, brass ring decoration. Shield (52 cm diameter) of convex circular shape with four flower-shaped studs and border reinforced with riveted brass ring; the surface decorated en suite with the helmet; with four (missing) rings for the handles at the back.
height ca. 60 cm.
Helmet with iron hemispherical skull surmounted by a cusp on a base shaped as a truncated cone, sliding metal nosepiece decorated with a gold face in the lower part and with two cartouches at the ends, the upper part with floral motifs. Two plume-holders on the sides. The entire surface of the skull engraved with very fine floral motifs and with six cartouches decorated in gold, the margin with inscriptions in Arabic. Fine fringed mail neck-defense (small missing parts) of with small simple closed rings, brass ring decoration. Shield (52 cm diameter) of convex circular shape with four flower-shaped studs and border reinforced with riveted brass ring; the surface decorated en suite with the helmet; with four (missing) rings for the handles at the back.