Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered 8 Piece Iron Jingasa Helmet with Liner Flags & Signs This is a collector's dream

This is a collector's dream

because of fanatical resistance by the population as well as the homeland troops

marked either 6 ½" or 6 ⅝"

The motto De oppresso liber is present within the insignia as well

Original Japanese Edo Period Lacquered 8 Piece Iron Jingasa Helmet with Liner Flags & Signs This is a collector's dreamOriginal 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