Original English Early 17th Century One-Piece Cabasset Helmet Antique Flintlock Firearms This helmet is heat lot

This helmet is heat lot stamped 236B which indicates the approximate manufacture date of July 1942

This is a very nice hard to find jacket that is sought after by the collector of WWII GI uniforms and militaria

so it is not completely legible

and has an overall length of 51"

Original English Early 17th Century One-Piece Cabasset Helmet Antique Flintlock Firearms This helmet is heat lotOriginal Item: Only One Available. This helmet was constructed of two overlapping pieces of iron which were hammered and riveted together. Above the narrow brim is a row of fourteen (14) rivets holding in small wavy circular plates. These would have included a band of leather secured by said rivets. This leather band would have been stitched to a fabric helmet lining, which is no longer present. Cabasset, from the Spanish word capacete, meaning little