GERMAN EARLY BURGONET HELMET

BURGONET HELMET
Nuremberg, Germany / c. 1530–1540

An extremely early burgonet with a very flat and unroped crest. The moveable pivoted peak and the hinged ear pieces are typical for the early period. The riveted neck plate and ear pieces have a boxed edge without roping, suggesting also an early style. The high quality of the single-piece forged skull makes us think if the skull was first a high quality visor helmet and adapted later as a burgonet. The peak has a Nurmeberg city marking outside on the edge. Inside we found an ‘N’ marking encircled by balls of Nuremberg. This marking of a single ‘N’ can be found mostly on visor helmets from the 1520-30s period but it is very rare to encounter this marking on burgonets. The helmet is throughout outstanding in quality, altough very plain and undecorated.

Height 26 cm
Weight 1620 grams

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