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Exceedingly Rare Circa 1650s English Cromwellian War era English or French Experimental Mechanical SPIDER Helmet for Cavalry Troops or Officers. Fully Functional & Exceptionally Attractive Authentic Example, Worthy of Any Most Advanced Collection. The Face Protective Flanges are Locked Under the Top Sphear Until the Battle Beginning, and Released by Triggering the Small Mechanical Trigger on the Forehead Over the Visor causing the disk to pop up and the protective flangs falling down. Fantastic and Once in a Lifetime Find for an Advanced and Passionate Collector of Rare Early Renaissance Arms and Armor. Regular Adult size. Skull stand is not included.
THE PHOTO AND DESCRIPTION BELOW IS OF ALMOST IDENTICAL METROPOLITAN MUSEUM EXAMPLE :
One of the most bizarre head defenses ever designed, the so-called spider helmet takes its name from the arrangement of narrow bars hinged around the rim of the domed bowl and projecting peak recalling the legs radiating from a spider's body. The hanging bars encircled the head and offered protection against cutting blows from swords. When not in use, the bars were folded up and their ends fitted beneath the spring-held disk at the apex. A turn of the screw at the front released the spring, causing the disk to pop up and the bars to fall into place.
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