Well, what can I say? I actually had to google for the name of this thing. I saw it in the Istanbul Military Museum (Askeri Muzesi). It looked a bit out of place among all the swords, pistols, cannons and uniforms, and immediately attracts your attention. It's called chamfron, or faceplate, and cheek pieces, and it's a part of a horse armour used during the Ottoman period.
Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of the little explanation plate that was right in front of the exhibit. For some reason I was positive that this was a part of a camel armour, but anatomy didn't seem to match, and all the search results bring only horse armour pictures. So, no, definitely not a camel armour. A quick research showed, though, that camels were actually used in the battlefield. Firstly, it made sense in the places where horses were less common and less accustomed to the evironment, such as deserts. Secondly, the camels' smell is repulsive to the horses, and the mere presence of large number of camels may be enough to confuse the enemy's cavalry. Neat.
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