IRAN, QAJAR PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY. Helmet known as a kulah khud made of steel inlaid with gold and silver, engraved with interlaced foliage. The border is decorated with epigraphs. Two pencil holders on the front frame a nasal. The lower edge has an iron mesh camail. The spike at the top of the helmet is missing, and the screw fixing the nasal is not original. H: 58 cm including camail. Provenance: former collection of J. Naus, customs inspector in Iran in the early 20th century.