SPARROW'S BEAK TAP Forged stamp in two parts, edged with nine rivets on the lower part and ten on the part receiving the mezail. The inner rivets show remains of fossilised of fossilised leather. It is pierced to receive additional mesh and hemmed around the edge. around the edge. Mezail beaten in one part, pierced for ventilation and sight. It is mounted on two spinning top rivets. Partly from the 15th century. Height: 23 cm - Width: 36 cm PROVENANCE Tajan sale, 28 April 2003, Catalogue cover. Helmet emblematic of the Hundred Years War and associated with the image of du Guesclin in particular.