HISTORICAL ARMOR SHOWCASE

 

These are a few photographs of helmets I've made over the years. 

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Spangenhelm skull cap with nasal tang. Basic four-section helm with inch-and-a-half wide "spangs" and a three-inch nasal tang. Non-functional rivets on the tang continue the rivet pattern from the fore/aft spang.  

Spangenhelm skull cap with brass brow hawk as embellishment. Basic four-section helm with inch-and-a-half wide "spangs". 

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Spangenhelm skull cap. Basic four-section helm with inch-and-a-half wide "spangs".  

Combat spangenhelm with full spectacles and brass embellishments. Basic four-section helm with inch wide fore-aft "spang", inch-and-a-half side-to-side "spang", and two-inch brow band. Full face and back plates under chain. Brass brow swan, and four crown segment ravens. Chain "camail", with "double mail" over face plate, and along lower hem, suspended from brow band and spectacle. 

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Combat spectacle spangenhelm with chain "camail", brass brow swan, and four crown ravens. Close up.