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War Hat

Culture: Austrian

Date: 1480s - 1500
Medium: steel, iron, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 9 x 14 in., 3 lb. (17.8 x 22.9 x 35.6 cm, 1.4 kg)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase through the Levi W. Mengel Memorial Fund
Object number: 1955.180.1
This helmet originally had a much wider all-around brim, possibly pierced with a slit to see through, but was most likely damaged.  It would have been stored in an armory, where this average type of infantry helmet would have been reworked or changed for future reuse in battle.
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