strange asian brass helmet what is it ?

[kahnjar1]

Well out of my field BUT......that "rosette" below the large badge on the front of the helmet looks distinctly Japanese or perhaps Chinese to me.
A nice attractive piece by the way.
Stu

[Dom]

if it's Turkish, then, this item is not recorded in no one collection !!
it seems to me more an accessory of theater or of cinema, than an old helmet
anyway, beautiful decorative element

it's only my point of view, I may be wrong, I'm not an expert, just an amateur

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Dom

[BerberDagger]

thank you at all .... I dont think it theatrical or cinema , I most think it could be cerimonial or decorative becouse of brass and not iron . Of sure not much older olso if very nice and well made .
The form remember me olso russian or cental asian helmets very similar the turkish ... olso the central decoration ....

[Stan S.]

Originally Posted by BerberDagger

thank you at all .... I dont think it theatrical or cinema , I most think it could be cerimonial or decorative becouse of brass and not iron . Of sure not much older olso if very nice and well made .
The form remember me olso russian or cental asian helmets very similar the turkish ... olso the central decoration ....

Russians generally stoped wearing this style of helmets sometime in late 17th century. It is a pretty archaic form but definetely something simmilar to what was popular in Russia during the renassance

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by Stan S.

Russians generally stoped wearing this style of helmets sometime in late 17th century. It is a pretty archaic form but definetely something simmilar to what was popular in Russia during the renassance

There were no Russian helmets per se, imho. The styles of helmets they wore were Turkish-The select few extant examples of princely quality have Orthodox imagery.
Just my $.02

[yuanzhumin]

Not Taiwanese/Formosan, for sure.
Best,
Yuanzhumin

[trenchwarfare]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

Well out of my field BUT......that "rosette" below the large badge on the front of the helmet looks distinctly Japanese or perhaps Chinese to me.
A nice attractive piece by the way.
Stu

The lower device on the front, does look to be a sixteen petal Chrysanthemum. The Imperial Japanese seal. If the other "Mums", all have sixteen petals. I would lean towards a Japanese connection. Possibly early 20th century ceremonial, from one of the Japanese Colonies? Manchukkuo (Manchuria) Formosa (Taiwan), or Chosen (Korea). It does have a Chinese, Tibetan look to it.