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Description: | The helmet is a reproduction of a lobster tail pot from the English Civil War period. The skull is made of a single piece of metal. and has a peak that projects from the front. It is fitted with a sliding nasal-bar, which is retained by a wing-headed screw above the peak. At the nape of the neck is a plumeholder with feathers in red and white. The neck guard is made up of four articulated plates of metal that overlap one another. The sides of the helmet are fitted with broad pendant cheek-pieces.
A reproduction Cromwellian helmet. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Costume Clothing | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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