Great Helm late 14th century ?

[A Senefelder]

Thank you again for the outstanding response, and for the reinforcement in learning more on these helms.

My pleasure Jim, but it is a very small thing. The vast amount i've learned here ( I am only recently arrived to ethnographics, beyond Indo-Persian and the amount garnered in that realm is profound ) is something that the little I can volunteer will never never be comensurate.

Naturally over hundreds of years many of these artifacts were unfortunately purloined, especially as collecting gained popularity, but in the case of Henry apparantly politically charged motivations may have been at play during the Reformation.

Indeed, between war, natural decay and outright absconding over the centuries its scarce wonder that there is as little material in situae as there is.

[Jean-Marc S.]

Thanks so much Alan and Jim for your advised and helpful comments on great helms.