Caption:
Sallet. Armorer: Attributed to Adrian Treytz the Elder (Austrian, Innsbruck, active ca. 1473-92). Culture: Austrian, Innsbruck. Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); D. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 2 oz. (2778 g). Date: ca. 1480.
The maker's mark on this helmet, a horseshoe and a crescent, is attributed to Adrian Treytz the Elder, whose family included at least five armorers who worked for the Habsburg court in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.