[Regia-NA] Raised helmets & conspiracy theories

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The funny thing is, I was discussing having Adam Berry at White Mountain 
Armoury make me a replica of that helmet about three months before the WWII 
thing was discovered.

Man, would *I* have looked like a pinhead :)

~Wil

Quoting "Schuster, Robert L." <SchusterRL@umsystem.edu>:

> 
> 
> The kiev helm that tweddle mentions in [The Anglian Helmet from Coppergate,
> D
> Tweddle] (page 1132, fig 566) is also a 1 piece (no idea of the date) that
> follows the same parameters as the wenceslaus, in that it has a more domed
> profile (i.e. not as conical as the olmutz).  Now given the fact that the
> immediateley preceeding [in the book] helm is not medieval and is from the
> same
> area this might be best discounted.
> 
> --Nathan
> 
> I am a little unclear of what you are saying above but unless there are two
> helms of that name the Kiev helm is not a one piecer, its of spangen
> construction.
> 
> Also, its worth mentioning that another helm very similar to the Kiev helm,
> the "Strong" helm, was just recently proven to be a WWII relic. I would bet
> money that the Kiev helm has the same origins
> 
> see more info on this here
> http://www.missouri.edu/~rls555/SCA/research/helms/StrongKiev.htm
> 
> please disregard this if you already knew it and I misunderstood your post.
> 
> Halvgrimr
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