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  2. Great helm - Wikipedia

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    The great helm ultimately evolved from the nasal helmet, which had been produced in a flat-topped variant with a square profile by about 1180. [3] From this type of helmet an intermediate type, called an 'enclosed helmet' or 'primitive great helm', developed near the end of the 12th century. In this helmet the expansion of the nasal produced a ...

  3. Frog-mouth helm - Wikipedia

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    The frog-mouth helm (or Stechhelm meaning "jousting helmet" in German) was a type of great helm, appearing from around 1400 and lasting into the first quarter of the 16th century. [1] The helmet was primarily used by mounted knights for tournaments ( jousting ) rather than on the battlefield.

  4. List of combat helmets - Wikipedia

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    Attic helmet: ancient Greeks Boar's tusk helmet: 17th century BCE: Mycenaean Greeks until the 10th century BCE Boeotian helmet: ancient Greek cavalry Chalcidian helmet: ancient Greeks Coolus helmet: ancient Romans Corinthian helmet [1] ancient Greeks Disc and stud helmet: c. 400 BCE: ancient Illyrians & Adriatic Veneti until 167 BCE Galea ...

  5. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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    Close fitting helmet with a characteristic Y- or T-shaped slit for vision and breathing, reminiscent of ancient Greek helmets Armet: 15th: A bowl helmet that encloses the entire head with the use of hinged cheek plates that fold backwards. A gorget was attached and a comb may be present. May also have a rondel at the rear. Later armets have a ...

  6. Helmet (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    The usage of heraldic helmets in Britain is as follows: gold helmet with bars for the royal family; silver helmet with gold bars for peers; steel helmet with gold bars for the non-peerage Scottish feudal baron; open steel helmet shown affronté for knights and baronets; steel tournament helm for Scottish clan chiefs; closed steel helmet for esquires and gentlemen.

  7. Category:Medieval helmets - Wikipedia

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  8. Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    In battle, helmets would have served to protect the wearer's head from enemy blows. [108] Evidence indicates that helmets were never common in Anglo-Saxon England, [109] although their usage may have increased by the eleventh century. [107] Cnut the Great issued an edict in 1008 which required that warriors in active service possess a helmet. [107]

  9. Galea (helmet) - Wikipedia

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    Some of the helmets used by legionaries had a crest holder. [3] The crests were usually made of plumes or horse hair. While the fur is usually red, the crests possibly occurred in other colors, like yellow, purple and black, and possibly in combinations of these colors such as alternating yellow and black.