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Lot 238

A German Black And White Comb Morion
Circa 1600

30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Black And White Comb Morion
Circa 1600

Of iron, with two-piece skull rising to a high turned comb, and with a plume-holder at the rear, embossed on each side of the skull with a large fleur-de-lys in low-relief, downturned brim (split on one side) curving up to a point fore and aft, and with turned border, the base of the skull with lining rivets on embossed brass floret-shaped washers (seven missing), the surfaces bright against a reblackened ground
24 cm. high

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Of the type associated with the Munich Town Guard. The fleur-de-lys is the symbol of the Virgin Mary to whom the Munich Town Guard was dedicated

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