Knightly helmets Bashny.Net

From historical films and the lessons of history you will certainly remember the image of a knight in shining armor beautiful. However, their appearance is very much different from what we are accustomed to seeing in Hollywood films and illustrations in books. Grotesque helmets with visors in the form of a man's face were very popular among soldiers from different countries. Roman cavalry helmet 1st - 3rd century AD





XVI century. Germany.







Germany, 1515g.



Italy 1620



1520-1530 Germany



Southern Germany, 1510-20.





German (Nuremberg) and Austrian (Innsbruck), 1520-25



Iran



Roman silver helmet with a mask, 1st century. BC National Museum of Syria, Damascus



16th century Persia, Moscow Kremlin Armoury





1st century AD. Silver Thracian helmet.



Mongolian helmet



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