Original Japanese Edo Period 19th Century Samurai Jingasa Helmet with Family Crest British Machine Guns Comes with a complete leather

Comes with a complete leather liner

The knife itself looks to be a dinner knife and measures about 10 inches in overall length

It also has some Crown / R markings and other proofs

with a lovely patina of age and fully functional pinback

a lovely design detail very characteristic of Spanish Morions from this period

Original Japanese Edo Period 19th Century Samurai Jingasa Helmet with Family Crest British Machine Guns Comes with a complete leatherOriginal Item Only One Available. One of the most iconic pieces of a Japanese Samurais outfit is the Jingasa, a type of kasa commonly worn by samurai and ashigaru (foot soldiers). The samurai class in feudal Japan, as well as their retainers and footsoldiers, used several types of jingasa made from iron, copper, wood, paper, bamboo, or leather. This example dates to the late Edo period, which lasted from 1603 1867. A KASA () is any one of several