Province : Turkish .
<brRare Turkish Ottoman warrior Horse face mask military with spike and long ears.

Made : Made of heavy steel, hand hammered and hand chisel.

Central panel: Fitted with Trident .

Surface : Bears an elaborate chiseled engraving over its entire surfacewith floral & creeper design.

Fitted with 2 large ears covers with floral engraved design, with eye covers.

The horse helmet has brass decoration strips all over with on fine hand engraving of flower motifs .

It measures : About 20.75 inches long and 20 inches wide..

The reverse of horse face mask has heavy cotton with cloth cushion &has cotton long ropes with silk flowers to tight.

Horse face masks helmet are well documented in war books and haveillustration on armor web sites.

This makes this horse face mask adding dramatic detailing to this incredible piece of armor.

Condition few tiny loss to chain mail and some scattered stains on brass strips.

An interesting helmet showing the influence of other cultures.Circa Qajar period 18th.-19th.c century