St. Augustine Florida Excavated Spanish Morion

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Excellent! It does appear to be a morion. But didn't they usually have a comb? Often the Spaniards wore cabassets. What period would this be from?
St. Augustine is one of the earliest colonial settlements in North America (excluding of course the Newfoundland situations).

What sort of colonial activity would this correspond to in the area it was excavated?

Fascinating to see a great old helmet, but it would be interesting to know more about it.

As you are right to point out Jim, this would more properly be called a Cabasset. I've spent too much time around people calling these helmets Morions and the ones with the comb, Comb Morions.

St. Augustine was founded in 1565, for a short time the town was located on Anastasia Island and a watchtower was located there after the town was relocated back to the mainland.

The raid of St. Augustine by Sir Francis Drake in 1586 is illustrated in this hand-colored engraving, by Baptista Boazio, 1589