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Page 9 of 9 CAVALRY SPORTS
Cavalry 'Sports' 'A'
- Possibly Hellenistic in origin. Has a shallow skull that reaches just below the tips of the ears at the back.
- There are no projecting ear guards.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'B'
- Have a distinctive high projecting peak rising from the brim of the skull piece.
- The skull pieces are made like ornamental helmets, with heavily embossed, though crude, figures.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'C'
- In the form of an idealised male youthful face, with boldly embossed wavy hair across the brow.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'D'
- Horizontally placed hinge, attaching the mask to the skull piece.
- The skulls are made to represent elaborately decorated helmets.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'E'
- The masks represent female faces.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'F'
- These have a removable central area of the mask that covers the eyes, nose and mouth.
- The helmet is divided into two parts on the line of the ears.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'G'
- These helmets have a high arched crest.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'H'
- The skull is of a debased 'attic' form.
- The crest does not rise as high as the 'G' type.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'I'
- Of an 'attic' form, with an embossed brow band or forehead plate, rising along its upper edge into three rounded peaks.
Cavalry 'Sports' 'J'
- In the form of a tall, Phrygian cap with a forward curving apex in the form of an eagle's head.
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