Helmet for the "Welschgestech" (Italian Joust)
Culture
German
Dateabout 1600
Mediumsteel and leather
Dimensions31.8 × 22.9 × 33 cm (12 1/2 × 9 × 13 in.), 8 lb 12 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1088
DescriptionReinforce screwed to brow. See digital file for photos of the reinforce and the helmet with the reinforce removed.ProvenanceBodo Ebhardt (Berlin) Colonel Leon von Poschinger (Munich). Purchased by John W. Higgins on June 16, 1930 from Col. Leon von Poschinger (Munich, Germany), his no. 7. Given to the Museum on July 1, 1954. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer
about 1590–1600
