Conquistador Helmet Found In Attic

A similar helmet the cabasset spanish.

Conquistador helmet found in attic.

An official at wgbh in boston where the show is produced says the station was concerned about an episode in which a woman brings in a 17th century milanese parade helmet she said she found in. Interior outside of florida. Appraiser greg martin assured us the appraisal for 250 000 was bona fide mcghee said. Some captured spanish armor was worn by native americans as late as the 19th century as protection from bullets and a sign of their status.

John gregory bourke who was given the gorget helmet and a breast and backplate in 1870 from an army doctor who claimed to have found them enclosing the bones of a man in the arid country between the waters of the rio grande and the pecos. The trove of items all of which could fit into a shoe box represents the largest collection of early 16th century spanish artifacts ever found in the u s. The few records of the armor that exist came from u s. Cavalry officer and anthropologist capt.

Capacete was also worn during the 16th century and also originated in spain but it is unclear if it predated the morion or was an adaptation of it with some sources saying it was a more modern helmet the word is likely to derive from the spanish word cabeza head although some sources point towards the word pear in an italian dialect making.