Keywords: French - Bulletproof Close Helmet - Walters 51463.jpg By the mid-1500s improvements in firearms resulted in a great demand for bulletproof armor but making the steel thicker added a lot of weight-this helmet weighs 12 lbs 7 8 oz ca 1570 steel cm 31 accession number 51 463 21247 Sale American Art Association New York November 14 1921 no 296 Henry Walters Baltimore 1921 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Armour in the Walters Art Museum Close helmets Armour of France Art of France in the Walters Art Museum 16th-century helmets |