It has come to my attention that some people question my original post about the age. As to its provenance, i do not know i bought it at auction without further information other than there assumption it is 19th century.
Some other members told me they know for sure it can't be original, others claim it is.
All i wanted was to verify my own interpretation which differs from auctions most of the time... and i hope that most of you can agree here that auctions don't know everything if anything at all especially about such items as this close helmet.
Please make this a real discussion and not something behind the curtains, because if that is the way things need to go, i am out!
No than, here are some original pieces of armour (as far as i know) with similar markings.
