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  Imperial Italic ‘D’ Helmet (Mainz Pattern)

  SKU: AH6054N

  This Imperial Italic D helmet is patterned after an original recovered from the Rhine at Mainz, one of the best-preserved examples of this sub-type known to survive. The Rhine frontier has yielded an unusually rich concentration of Roman military equipment, a reflection of just how long and how heavily fortified this boundary of the Empire remained across multiple centuries. Italic D helmets carry brass ear guards, distinguishing them from the plainer flanged cutouts seen on the earlier B and C sub-types within the same Robinson classification.

  
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  Italo-Corinthian Helmet, Iron

  SKU: AH6058I/H005

  The Italo-Corinthian helmet developed a distinctive silhouette after Italian warriors took to wearing the classical Corinthian helmet pushed up on the forehead, even in the thick of battle, for a clearer view and better hearing. This eventually transformed the once face-covering visor into a purely decorative feature, while the helmet itself came to be worn more like a cap than a fully enclosing helm. This iron construction reflects the material used for many genuine surviving examples of the type.

  
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  Primus Closed Burgonet Helmet (Europe, 17th Century)

  SKU: PRH302

  This closed burgonet combines the light, open-faced burgonet's high combed skull with the fuller facial protection of a close helmet — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy filed this piece under 'Medieval,' when it is a genuine 17th century Renaissance-era form. The burgonet emerged in the early 16th century as the Medieval armet evolved into new Renaissance styles, and this closed variant represents a later hybrid development combining both traditions. Weighing as much as 20 pounds in genuine period examples, the closed burgonet was primarily worn by European cavalry seeking maximum protection.

  
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  Celtic Montefortino Helmet

  SKU: AH6318N

  The Montefortino helmet form originated among Celtic peoples of northern Italy in the 4th century BC, before the Romans adopted it so thoroughly that it came to define the Republican legionary's silhouette for centuries. Its distinctive conical or rounded profile, topped with a raised central knob, was carried into Italy by the Senones, one of the Celtic tribes that settled the region. This piece reflects the helmet's genuine Celtic origins, before its long afterlife as Rome's own standard-issue helmet.