Constructionally, based on photos of course, I see lots of things I like, the proper hammer marks inside the bowl indicative of being raised from a single piece of steel as well as the marks inside of the flutes from being worked over stakes, cut washers, beveled exposed plate edges, nice old patina. Is there any chance of getting a weight on it? I'm inclined to think, again based only on pics and not having had it in the hand, that you have an excellent original example of a helmet for this classic Maximillian style from the 1530's.
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