Lobster Tail helmet; opinions please

A Senefelder · 8th June 2016, 11:07 AM

That's what I thought I saw. The hammer marking from working the tail plates lengthwise is visible as well as those inside the bowl from planishing. The somewhat raggedy edges of the inside rolled plate edges is also pretty common on munitions armour of this period. The stamp on the brim is in all likelihood an armoury or city control mark. Construtionally this shows the hammer marking for how these would have been made in period, my feeling is that this is a good 17th c. zischagge.

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8th June 2016, 11:07 AM	#6
A Senefelder Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 214	That's what I thought I saw. The hammer marking from working the tail plates lengthwise is visible as well as those inside the bowl from planishing. The somewhat raggedy edges of the inside rolled plate edges is also pretty common on munitions armour of this period. The stamp on the brim is in all likelihood an armoury or city control mark. Construtionally this shows the hammer marking for how these would have been made in period, my feeling is that this is a good 17th c. zischagge.