War Hat in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

War Hat
1450–1500

probably Italian

Object Details

Title: War Hat

Date: 1450–1500

Culture: probably Italian

Medium: Steel, copper alloy

Dimensions: H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); W. 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm); D. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 12 oz. (1701 g)

Classification: Helmets

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1904

Accession Number: 04.3.236


Although very few survive today, war hats of this general type were one of the most popular forms of infantry helmets throughout western Europe for much of the fifteenth century.


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