A Zischagge, 17th Century. With single piece skull with six radiating ribs, three lame articulated tail with turned edge and domed rivets, bevelled cheek-pieces with five holes and semi-circular cut-outs at the top, broad pointed peak with unusual decoration and stamped with what appear to be armourers marks, turned edges, sliding nasal bar retained by a screw with a heart shaped terminal, the helmet in its original munitions colouring.