european helmet

[FRANCOIS]

hi,
In first, sorry my poor english...I own this helmet - I suppose it's german - and I need to identify marks. M on the nasal and :: / :: what's this last marking ? Thank s in advance for your help.


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[fernando]

Hi Francois,
You must read the forum rules; linking photos from web hosts (hot links) is not the adequate procedure. This time i will save them to a hard disk and upload them back with the forum attachment features; something you will have to do yourself next time.
I will also move this thread to the Europen section, where it is better placed.

[FRANCOIS]

oh sorry Fernando. Next time, I'll try to respect the rules.

[fernando]

That's fine, François .
Let us see what the members have to say about your 'lobster tail' helmet.

[ulfberth]

Hello François,

You have a nice and original lobster tail helmet there , as every part seems to have the 4 dots I think they are simply markings used by the armory to mark parts that were made to fit together for induvidual helmets.

kind regards

Ulfberth

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by ulfberth

Hello François,

You have a nice and original lobster tail helmet there , as every part seems to have the 4 dots I think they are simply markings used by the armory to mark parts that were made to fit together for induvidual helmets.

kind regards

Ulfberth

That is excellent Ulfberth! I would never have guessed what those dots were for!!! That is amazing using the part marking systems in this way, and to see how armourers tended to assembly of their wares.
Thank you for always adding these observations as it really helps to know what to look for in these items.
While the books can tell us a lot on history and typology etc. they seldom give us these often almost nuanced clues on authentication.