Original Japanese Edo Period Conical 12-Panel Iron Jingasa Helmet with Kuwagata Maeda & Liner Scottish Militaria The front flap is marked:

The front flap is marked:  COVER

The style of feathers and the guard on this example exactly matches two known examples we have seen made by the Legendary Solingen-based firm of Carl Eickhorn

and the legs fold up as they should

and vanadium

with 54-Bore (

Original Japanese Edo Period Conical 12-Panel Iron Jingasa Helmet with Kuwagata Maeda & Liner Scottish Militaria The front flap is marked:Original 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