Original Japanese Edo Period 18th Century Lacquered Iron Samurai Jingasa Helmet with Liner VHS It has the typical square

It has the typical square shaped visor

the New Land Pattern Musket and the Sea Service Musket

The Collector from whom this came was most disappointed that it was not Polish as he had hoped

However we can see enough of it to know that it reads as follows:

Q68 indicating that it was manufactured by Quist in the German city of Esslingen

Original Japanese Edo Period 18th Century Lacquered Iron Samurai Jingasa Helmet with Liner VHS It has the typical squareOriginal Item: Only One Available. A KASA () is any one of several sorts of traditional Japanese hats. Some types are amigasa, jingasa, sandogasa, sugegasa, and takuhatsugasa. Note that rendaku ("sequential voicing") causes kasa to change to gasa when it is preceded by another word specifying the type of hat: thus, JINGASA ("camp hat"; helmet). These were issued to the lowliest soldiers of the Japanese War Lords (The Samurai). They were used by simple