Casque de siège, XVIe - XVIIe siècle. A siege helmet, 16th - 17th century. Of great weight, bowl-shaped and of one piece, cut out over the face, pierced with four holes for fitting a neck-guard at the rear, and the front and sides pierced for lining rivets. H.: 15 cm - L.: 21.8 cm - W.: 20 cm - Wt.: 3530 g. Helmets of this type and weight were used by sappers working to undermine the fortifications of besieged sites. The unusually heavy construction of such helmets was necessary to withstand the concentrated impacts of projectiles.
Casque de siège, XVIe - XVIIe siècle. A siege helmet, 16th - 17th century. Of great weight, bowl-shaped and of one piece, cut out over the face, pierced with four holes for fitting a neck-guard at the rear, and the front and sides pierced for lining rivets. H.: 15 cm - L.: 21.8 cm - W.: 20 cm - Wt.: 3530 g. Helmets of this type and weight were used by sappers working to undermine the fortifications of besieged sites. The unusually heavy construction of such helmets was necessary to withstand the concentrated impacts of projectiles.
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