Munition closed helmet 1600-1640

Cerjak · 28th February 2020, 04:09 PM

It could be a funerary helmet
For funerary helmet see "A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries Volume V". Many funerary helmets have been much more heavily adapted when they were hung over the tombs. This helmet shows the typical damage from extensive oxidation and a repaired hole in the crest which would have secured the funerary spike .It has an interesting ventail
Congratulation nice find.

Lansquenet59 · 28th February 2020, 07:43 PM

It's possible. Many helmets have been hung in churches. Especially in England. That allowed to keep them!

28th February 2020, 04:09 PM	#1
Cerjak Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: FRANCE Posts: 1,065	It could be a funerary helmet For funerary helmet see "A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries Volume V". Many funerary helmets have been much more heavily adapted when they were hung over the tombs. This helmet shows the typical damage from extensive oxidation and a repaired hole in the crest which would have secured the funerary spike .It has an interesting ventail Congratulation nice find.

28th February 2020, 07:43 PM	#2
Lansquenet59 Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: France Posts: 132	It's possible. Many helmets have been hung in churches. Especially in England. That allowed to keep them!