Crusader's Helmet Identification

[cel7]

Here's one. It says "Victorian copy" but I don't believe the copies are from the Victorian era. Fairly new in my opinion.

https://historical.ha.com/itm/antiqu...a/6076-50990.s

[Raf]

Originally Posted by cel7

Here's one. It says "Victorian copy" but I don't believe the copies are from the Victorian era. Fairly new in my opinion.

https://historical.ha.com/itm/antiqu...a/6076-50990.s

Happy to disagree. This is exactly what it appears to be. A Victorian copy of a Renaissance parade hemet in the Roman style. Then as now an original would have been very expensive and reproductions , either cast from an original or fantasy re creations satisfied a taste for decorative armour as high art. Usually described as cast iron but probably cast steel using the lost wax process made in sections and riveted together. I doubt whether any modern foundry would be capable of producing such thin castings of this quality. Alternatives were reproductions made by the electrotyping process pioneered by firms like Elkington. Really deserves to be appreciated as a collectable thing in its own right and if for sale should go to a decent auction house.