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Wednesday 25 September 2024 e Thursday 26 September 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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An officers lobster-tailed helmet, 17th Century

Estimate

€ 1.300 - 1.800

Sold

€ 5.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Germania del Nord
height 25 cm.
Hemispherical, iron skull worked in two-piece, featuring deep grooves with ray patterns alternating with twisted bands and double lines; at the top a small bud-shaped cusp on a star-shaped base. Wide and deep, slightly sloping brim, the margin with row of rivets and hemmed and twisted border. Missing nosepiece and cheekpieces. Engraved plume-holder. The back with five wide nape-guard plates decorated with rivets and double lines; the border en suite with the brim. Inside remains of the leather strings that held the cheek-pieces. Very rare.