Lobster-Tail Burgonet (Zischägge), ca. 1630–40, German, Steel, gold, brass, leather, textile, H. including nasal 14 1/2 in. (36

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Lobster-Tail Burgonet (Zischägge), ca. 1630–40, German, Steel, gold, brass, leather, textile, H. including nasal 14 1/2 in. ( cm); H. excluding nasal 11 in. ( cm); W. 10 in. ( cm); D. 16 in. ( cm); Wt. 4 lb. 2 oz. (1880 g), Helmets, The term Zischägge refers to a distinctive type of seventeenth-century helmet consisting of a hemispherical bowl, a brim with sliding nosepiece (nasal), cheekpieces, and a long laminated tail over the back of the neck

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