An Ottoman steel and copper alloy helmet, late 16th-17th century of domed form with a series of overlapping vertical pleats with incised verticals, decoration of split leaves and arabesques with engraved band of calligraphy around the rim
The inscriptions: Around the rim : the high authority, the lordly, the defender, the helper and the leanred. the learned, the warrior, al-Malik, and the just.
33 cm. height 23 cm. width