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Of large size and formed of a main plate with integral ear-defences and flanged eye-openings, fitted at its upper end with an associated hinged poll-plate and at the centre of the brow with a radially fluted roundel, the main plate formed in its lower half with a gentle medial ridge and flaring to the nostrils, its main edges except for those of the poll-plate formed with roped inward turns accompanied in each case by narrow grooves.
Text adapted from Arms and Armour in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: European Armour, London, 2016 -
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Steel
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Chanfron