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Helmet for the "Welschgestech" (Italian Joust)
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Helmet for the "Welschgestech" (Italian Joust)

Culture
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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Higgins Photography
Southern German
about 1525, with modern restorations
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workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer
about 1590–1600
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Northern German
1555–1560
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Austrian
1550–1600, with 19th century restorations
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German
1800s-early 1900s
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Northern Italian
1610–1645
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Southern German
1480–1490
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German
portions early 1500s