6th Dec, 2023 11:00
Arms, Armour & Militaria
314
‡ A COMPOSITE GERMAN CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
with rounded one-piece skull formed with a low slender medial comb (pierced at its centre to receive a later crest), associated 'sparrow’s beak' visor pierced with a centrally-divided vision-slit and at its right with six ventilation-holes arranged in two groups, associated bevor secured at the right by a spring-catch, and two associated neck-lames (bearing a light mottled patina overall), 26.0 cm high
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Sold for £3,500
with rounded one-piece skull formed with a low slender medial comb (pierced at its centre to receive a later crest), associated 'sparrow’s beak' visor pierced with a centrally-divided vision-slit and at its right with six ventilation-holes arranged in two groups, associated bevor secured at the right by a spring-catch, and two associated neck-lames (bearing a light mottled patina overall), 26.0 cm high
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Auction: Arms, Armour & Militaria, 6th Dec, 2023
