Roman Helmets
300 BC / 450 AD
Republican era - Ist and IId century helmets
IIId century helmets - IVth and Vth century helmets
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Republican helmets


HL100 - Montefortino Helmet, IVth-IIId century BC - 169€ - Pictures
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This kind of helmet was initially used by celtic warriors, and came in use in the roman army during the IVth century BC. It was mass produced at the time.

Made of brass

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HL108 - Caesarian Coolus Mannheim - 139€ - Pictures

The helmets of the roman legionnaries figthing alongwith Caesar during the gallic wars were most of the time simple brass or bronze bowls, with a little neckguard. The cheekgards could be made of iron rings, held in place with a leather thong.

Our "jockey cap" copy is made of brass after an artefact found in a well, in toulouse.

See here the making of the helmet.


Ist and IId century helmets

Praetorian helmet

HL114 - Praetorian helmet - 299€ - Pictures

Made after the helmets weared by the praetorian guards to be seen on Claudius' arch (Musée du Louvre). This helmet was never found during archeological excavations, but is very often weared by high ranking officials on many sculptures.

A very nice piece to add to any collection. Embossed brass, leather padded, horsehair crest.


HL115 - Praetorian helmet - 149€ - Pictures

Made on the same attic pattern, this helmet is more sober, and will fit, for example, for a praetorian guard.

Embossed brass, internal padding, horsehair crest.

 

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HL111 - Coolus Buggenum - 179€ - Pictures

Copy of one of the first buggenum typ, found in Xanten, Germany. Its neckguard points a piece of the end of the first century BC. The crest holder is the one to be seen on the original piece.

Made of brass


HL131 - Coolus C - 149€ - Pictures

Copy of an helmet found in Schaan, Lichtenstein. Used during the first quarter of the first century AD. This piece was found without crest holder.

Made of brass.

 

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HL132 - Coolus E - 159€ - Pictures

Copy of a piece found in London, probably during the invasion under Claudius (43 AD). The cheekguards belongs to another helmet, to be seen in the british museum.

Made of brass.


HL133 - Coolus G - 159€ - Pictures

The original item belonged to a legionnary of the IVth Macedonica, and was found in Drusenheim, Nord of the France. Third quarter of the first century.

Made of brass.

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HL112 - Impérial-Gallic A - 119- Pictures

First one of the gallic series, because they wrer made after the gallic helmets of the late Tene.

Found in Hollanfd, Noviomagus, this helmet goes back to the end of the Ist century BC.

Made of iron



HL141 - Tinned Weisenau Helmet - Guttmann'scollection - Ist cent BC/ Ist cent AD - 249€ -
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Copioed after an artefact of the Guttmann's collection, this Weisenau A helmet is hand tinned. This high quality replica is covered in leather.

Weigth 2kg. Width 19cm, length 22cm.


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HL110 - Face helmet, beginning of the first century AD - 139€ - Pictures

Made aftre a piece found in Bulgaria, to be seen in New York, it is the oldest face helmet found (Kalkriese typ). It is an imperial gallic kind, with a face.


Made of iron, with brass rims and parts. Mask made of brass.

Facial mask

HL110M - Facial mask alone - 49€ - Pictures

Made of tinned brass.


HL143 - Italic A Helmet in 16 Gauge Bronze - 299€ - Pictures

Two examplaries of this helmet were found during Herculaneum's excavation. Classified as the first of the imperial italic family. The neckguard was rivetted, and the cheekguard appeared to be relatively big.

Our replica is made of bronze.

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HL142 - Imperial gallic B - 129€ - Pictures

Initially identified by Russel Robinson as an imperial italic helment, it is now known as imperial gallic B. Late 1st cent BC, early 1st cent AD.

Made after a find made at Klakanje, Former Yugoslavia, now Croatia.

 


HL139
- Impérial-Gallic F - 119€ - Pictures

Made after an original found in Besancon, in the substructions of the amphitheater. Crests may be used with this one.

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HL113 - Impérial-Gallic C - 119€ - Pictures

Made after an helmet found in yougoslavia, in the river Kupa.

The eyesbrows - use to strengthen the bowl of the helmet - are more complex. Brass edges appear, to avoid corrosion during holding. At the top, a brass piece is used to fix a crest holder.

Made of iron, with brass brackets and edges.


HL120
- Impérial-Gallic G - Middle of the 1st century - 119€ - Pictures
Helmets with crest


This helmet found in Weisenau, Germany, is the most well known roman helmet. You will notice a short neckguard, and embossed designs strengthen the cheekguards, bowl, and back.

This helmet may be equipped with a crest.

Made of iron
, with brass brackets and edges

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HL122 - Impérial-Gallic H - 119€ - Pictures
Helmets with crest

This helmet is the most favoured bey reenactment groups. Middle of the first century, found in Augsburg, Germany. The main difference between H and G helmets is the shape of the neckguard, and the eyebrows on the bowl.

Made of iron, with brass brackets and edges


HL129 - AQUICUM - 199€ - Pictures

Thsi one of the first hlemet looking like imperial gallic ones, but made of brass. Found in Aquicum, in Hungary, it has an original crest holding device. Second part of the Ist century.

Made of brass.

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HL130 - IMPERIAL GALLIC I
- 199€ - Pictures

Another imperial gallic one, fully made of brass. Found in Mainz, Germany. Second part of the Ist century.


Made of brass.

 

HL126 - Auxiliary infantry B - 149

Very often used bye auxiliaries in the reenactment groups, thsi helmet is a kind of mix between collus and Imperial Gallic. Middle of the Ist century.

Made of brass.

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HL166 - Cavalry helmet, Weiler type - 249€ - Pictures

This kind of helmet, heavily embossed and figuring the hair of the wearer, appears during the first century. Named after the location where the first one was found. this one is made after one found in Gloucester, england.

Made of brass.

HL159 - Ribchester's face helmet - 249€ - SOLD OUT - Pictures

These fully decorated helmets, with a mask figuring the face of the soldier, were used by cavalrymen, but maybe by standart bearers, too. They go back to the second half of the Ist century.

Made after an original found in Ribchester, England.

Made of brass. Mask in cast iron

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HL140 - Impérial-Italic B - 129€ - Pictures

The first example of the iron imperial italic roman helmets. First century, probably 10/30 AD.

Made of iron
, with brass brackets and edges


HL135 - Impérial-Italic C - 159€ - Pictures

This helmet was made after a brass helmet found in Cremona, Italy (battle of 69 AD)

Made of brass.

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HL127
- Impérial-Italic D
- 149€ - Pictures

Made of iron with brass brackets figuring temples and eagles, this helmet belongs to the italic tradition, easy to distingate from the gallic ones, for they have no eyebrows. Second half of the first century AD.



Made of iron, with brass brackets and edges

 

HL138 - Impérial-Italic D, Krefeld kind - 149€ - Pictures

This helmet was found in the german town of Krefeld. It is clearly a variant of the imperial italic D. The tempel on the cheekguard is different, and the two eagles have been replaced by eyes.

Made of iron, with brass brackets and edges

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HL128 - Impérial-Italic G - 139€ - Pictures

Decorated with crescents, the helmet was found in Hebron, Israël. The two crossed iron pieces are an improvment of the beginning of the second century, intendend to reinforce the bowl, probably following Trajanus dacian wars. This helmet was dated around 130 AD.

Made of iron, with brass brackets and edges

HL160 - Auxiliary archer - 119€ - Pictures

This piece is made after the archers to be seen on Trajanus' column in Roma. The scales are made of brass, stitched on a leather neckguard.

Made of iron, with brass brackets. Brass scales.

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IId and IIId century helmets

HL151 - Auxiliary E - 149€ - Pictures

Initially identified as an auxiliay cavalry helmet, this helmet is now known fo having been used by infantry units. It shows a totally new design, to be used untill the late IIId century.

Made after a found of Heddernheim, Germany

Made of iron with brass brackets, reinforcments and edges.

 

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niedermormter_helmet

HL153 - Niedermörmter, steel and brass - 229€ - Pictures

Made of iron with brass brackets, this is the most known version of the Niedermörmeter types. The original belongs to a private collection.


HL154
- Niederbieber - 189€ - Pictures

Very similar to the Auxiliary E, but made of brass, this helmet shows the typical cross reinforcments of the late IId / IIId century.

Made of brass.

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HL155 - Buch - 189€ - Pictures

This is another example of roman cavalry helmet of the IIID century. Found in the auxiliary cavalry fort of Buch, on the Rhaetian limes. the original piece was not finished when lost. This one have been completed.

Made of brass.


IVth et Vth centuries

.HL167 - Deurne helmet, early IVth century - 249€ - Pictures

Found in Holland and to be seen in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, this silver plated and gilded helmet certinaly belonged to a high ranking cavalry officer. found with a coin, it is dated 319 AD. Our copy is made of iron, with embossed brass plates. Inner leather padding.


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augst_helmet

HL168 - "Augst" helmet - 149€ - Pictures

These helmets, much more simpler than the ones in use before, were mass produced by the fabricae, founded by Diocletian at the end of the IIId century. Made of two hlves, rivetted together
. Found in Augst, Switzerland.

Made of iron, with an internal leather trimming.



HL164 - "Intercisa" helmet - 149€
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Same helmet than the Augst type, but with another kind of decoration (two eyes on the front of the bowl). Found in Intercisa, Hungary

Made of iron, with an internal leather trimming

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HL163 - "Intercisa" crested helmet - 149€ - Pictures

This Intercisa helmet is equipped with a crest of iron, and was probably used by an officer.

Made of iron, with an internal leather trimming

HL161 - "Burgh Castle" Helmet - 149€ - Pictures

Also made in the Fabricaes, this helmet belongs to the heavy kind of mass produced helmets. Clearly made after oriental sassanid helmets, with a noseguard, with irons plates protecting the joinf between cheekguard and bowl, the holes for the ears indicate an infantry model. Found in Burgh Castle, England.

Made of iron, with an internal leather trimming


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HL162 - "Concesti" helmet - 149€ - Pictures

Very similar to the Burgh Castle helmet, this piece has no holes for the ears.

Made of iron, with an internal leather trimming

 

HL169 - "Berkasovo" Helmet - 309€ - Pictures

This piece, found in Berkasovo, has the same oriental shape than most heavy helmets. Made of iron, it is plated with embossed brass decorations, and semi precious jewels. Originally made of gilded silver the plates of our copy are made of brass, and the jewel of glas. It belonged to a high ranking officer.

Made of iron, brass plates, with an internal leather trimming

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spangenhelm

HL219 - Spangenhelm - IVth Vth centuries - 99€ -
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This oriental style and conical helmet appears during the late IIId century, even if some pieces existed during the IId century. This helmet was adopted by all germanic tribes, too.

Copy made after a pice found in a grave in Vendel, Germany. Similar helmets were found in Egypt.


 

All the helmets - unless the contrary is specified - are sold without internal trimming. You have to make it to wear them. See our example

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HL001 - HELMET STAND - 15€ -
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Our helmet stand may well be the answer you are looking for to organize your collection... And it has been conceived to be sent with an helmet, for it comes in three separated parts. This way, the shipping costs remain the same...

Heigth 32cm, basis diameter 20cm. A screw is needed to fix the axis on the basis. You may use another one for the top, but it is usually not needed. Screws come along with the stand.