Armouries
Warriors of the early Middle Ages used both indigenous forms of military equipment and arms and armor derived from late Roman types. Most widely used types of helmet was the Spangenhelm. Body armor was usually either a short-sleeved mail shirt , or a garment of overlapping scales of iron, bronze, or horn.
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Bobruysk Helmet, Eastern European Pattern
SKU: AH6398The Bobruysk Helmet takes its name from the region of Bobruysk in modern-day Belarus, where archaeological finds have provided valuable insight into the martial culture of Eastern Europe. This reproduction follows a traditional conical profile associated with Kievan Rus and wider Eastern European helmet traditions, handcrafted from brass sheet with steel reinforcement bands. Complete with a historically inspired apex finial, riveted construction, and a leather chin strap.
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15th Century Poleyn, Knee Armour
SKU: AH6345The poleyn, or genouillere, protected the knee joint — among the earliest plate components to develop as European armour transitioned away from mail, first appearing around 1230. By the 14th and 15th centuries the poleyn had evolved from a simple strapped-on disc into an articulated plate integrated with the cuisse above and greave below, remaining standard equipment until firearms made plate leg armour obsolete around 1650. This reproduction recreates that 15th-century form, offering targeted protection to one of the most exposed and mobile joints in a full leg harness.
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Hourglass Gauntlets, 16-Gauge, Pair
SKU: AH6343Hourglass gauntlets take their name from their distinctive shape: a cuff that narrows sharply at the wrist before flaring open toward the forearm, giving each gauntlet a silhouette like the sand-timer it’s named for. This 16-gauge steel version offers solid, durable construction suited to regular re-enactment use. First appearing as mail gloves gave way to shaped steel plates, this style remained popular for more than fifty years across the medieval period.
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The besagew, also called a rondel, was a small disc of plate fitted at the armpit to cover a gap in coverage that the pauldron alone could not close. Mostly associated with Gothic armour, besagews floated on a leather strap or hinge rather than sitting rigidly fixed, letting them move with the arm instead of restricting it. This pair of 18-gauge steel besagews recreates that free-floating fitting, often decorated with punchwork or a raised pattern on surviving originals.
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Gothic Gorget, Fluted, 18-Gauge Steel
SKU: AH6341The gorget evolved in the late Middle Ages to close a real gap in protection — the throat and collarbones, an area mail alone left vulnerable — and by the 15th century had become an integral, load-bearing part of the full harness. Beyond its own defensive role, the gorget served as the anchor point the pauldrons attached to, distributing their weight across the shoulders and torso rather than the neck alone. This 18-gauge steel reproduction is worked in the two-piece hinge-and-pin construction typical of the type, finished with the lightly fluted, roped-edge decoration of the Gothic style.
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Leg armour in a Gothic harness ran from the thigh to the ankle, combining the cuisse over the thigh, the poleyn at the knee, and the greave over the shin and calf. Attached to the faulds and tassets hanging from the cuirass, this leg protection completed the lower half of a full Gothic suit. This 18-gauge steel reproduction follows the lightly fluted Gothic finish, articulated at the knee for genuine mobility on foot or on horseback.
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Arm armour in a Gothic harness typically consisted of a vambrace covering the forearm and a couter articulating at the elbow, connecting the pauldron above to the gauntlet below. Together with the pauldron, this piece completed the protection of the arm, a limb that saw constant exposure in both mounted and foot combat. This 18-gauge steel reproduction follows the lightly fluted Gothic finish, articulated for genuine arm movement rather than fixed as a single rigid tube.
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Gothic Pauldron, 18-Gauge Steel
SKU: AH6338The pauldron protected the shoulder and upper arm within a Gothic harness, typically built from a main fluted plate with several smaller articulated lames extending down over the arm. German Gothic pauldrons are historically associated with floating besagews, small rondel discs fitted at the armpit, though the pauldron itself could also function as a standalone shoulder defence. This 18-gauge steel reproduction follows that lightly fluted, articulated construction, tying to the gorget or arming doublet and secured around the arm with a strap.
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Gothic Torso and Back Plate, 1.2mm Steel
SKU: AH6337This torso and back plate offers the same fluted Gothic silhouette as our standard cuirass, worked in 1.2mm steel for a slightly heavier, more robust build. Within a full harness, the cuirass anchored the gorget above and the faulds and tassets below, making it the structural centre of the entire suit. Fluted panelling across the breastplate, the hallmark of the German Gothic style, added genuine rigidity rather than serving as pure decoration.
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This helmet is patterned after a cavalry find from Xanten, ancient Colonia Ulpia Traiana, a significant Roman military base and later colonia on the Rhine frontier in modern Germany. Xanten’s archaeological record spans centuries of Roman military presence, making it one of the richest sources of Roman equipment finds along the entire Rhine frontier. As cavalry equipment, it reflects the specialised gear developed for mounted troops, distinct in construction and decoration from standard legionary infantry helmets.
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Valsgärde Viking Helmet
SKU: AH6348A reproduction inspired by the spectacular helmets recovered from the Valsgärde boat-grave cemetery near Uppsala, Sweden, whose earliest graves each contained a uniquely decorated helmet in bronze, gold, and garnets.
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Coppergate Helmet
SKU: AH6730RVThe Coppergate Helmet is one of the most important Anglo-Saxon archaeological finds ever recovered, discovered by a mechanical digger operator in York, England, in May 1982 — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy filed this piece under 'Medieval,' when it is a genuine 8th century Anglo-Saxon original. The original carries an inscribed Latin prayer naming its owner, 'Oshere,' and is considered the best-preserved of only a handful of Anglo-Saxon helmets known to survive anywhere in the world. This variant reflects a different finish treatment on the same celebrated Northumbrian design.
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Medieval Leather Armour
SKU: AH6521Before steel plate became widespread, hardened leather offered a lighter, more affordable alternative form of body protection across much of the medieval period. Treated leather, often boiled or otherwise hardened in a process known as cuir bouilli, could be shaped and stiffened enough to deflect blows while remaining considerably lighter than metal. This reproduction recreates that leather armour tradition, suited to lightly armoured impressions or wear beneath heavier plate.
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The Lyle Bascinet is based on a genuine original, object IV.470, held by the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England, and estimated to have been made in Italy between 1371 and 1399. Originally associated with the Churburg armoury, the original may have seen use during the Hundred Years' War, one of the defining conflicts of Late Medieval Europe. The helm features brass vervelles for attaching a mail aventail, and its visor can be worn fully closed or removed entirely, letting the wearer switch between an open-faced or fully protected bascinet as circumstances demanded.
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Crusader Helmet
SKU: AH3823/H027This helmet reflects the equipment carried by knights during the Crusades to the Holy Land, the series of campaigns beginning in 1096 that brought European warriors into the Levant. Crusader knights drew on the broader Northern European knightly helmet tradition, adapted over the following centuries as the campaigns continued and equipment evolved. This piece captures the essential form of a Crusader-era knight’s helmet, a symbol of the Medieval Church’s military expeditions to the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Mail House (Sigleleg) Chausses
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Imperial Italic ‘C’ Helmet, Steel
SKU: AH6057NThe Imperial Italic C sits among the earlier sub-types in Robinson's Italic classification, sharing the family's characteristically plainer profile compared to the eyebrow-decorated Gallic series. As with all Italic types, its restrained decoration reflects a design prioritising speed of manufacture and consistent protection over ornamental display. This steel-built version offers the same recognisable Italic C silhouette in a different base material from the brass variant within the same range.
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Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world by Greek soldiers well before Rome adopted the same construction. This steel version finishes the lower border in a decorative flower pattern, a detail consistent with the fact that scale armour, while functional, was also frequently ornamented on surviving examples. Each scale measures approximately 36mm by 26mm, following the same construction principle as our standard iron and brass versions.
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Iron Scale Armour Hauberk (Lorica Squamata)
SKU: AH6162Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world, including by Greek soldiers well before Rome adopted the same construction. This version is worked entirely in iron scales, each measuring approximately 36mm by 26mm, for a heavier, more workmanlike finish than the brass alternatives. Surviving Roman tombstones from Verona depicting a centurion and a standard-bearer both show soldiers wearing scale armour of this type, confirming its long service life across the ancient world.
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Greek Scale Armour Hauberk (Lorica Squamata)
SKU: AH3857Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from small overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world, including by Greek soldiers well before Rome adopted the same construction. This hauberk-style piece steel scales onto a canvas backing, forming a flexible sheet of overlapping protection across the torso. Surviving Roman tombstones, including those of centurions and standard-bearers found at Verona, depict soldiers wearing scale armour of this type, confirming its long service life across the ancient world.
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This black leather musculata, finished with darkened fittings, takes the classical muscle cuirass into a more imposing, ceremonial register. Paired with a leather belt in the historical manner of wearing the musculata over a subarmalis, it offers a striking, lightweight alternative to a steel royal cuirass. Muscle cuirasses of this style were historically the preserve of Roman commanders and, in art and statuary, of emperors and deities.
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German Close Helmet, 16th Century Pattern
SKU: AH6394The close helmet was a fully enclosing combat helmet worn by knights and men-at-arms in the Late Medieval and Renaissance periods, remaining in use by heavily armoured cuirassiers into the mid-17th century. This reproduction recreates a specifically German 16th-century pattern, reflecting the continued German preference for fully enclosing helmet forms. German armouring centres such as Augsburg and Nuremberg remained at the forefront of European plate armour production well into the 16th century.
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Gothic Bevor
SKU: AH6382The bevor was a piece of plate armour protecting the chin and throat, filling the gap between helmet and breastplate that a gorget alone did not always cover. Originally worn with the sallet helmet, a defining pairing of the German Gothic style, the bevor’s name comes from the Old French baver, “to dribble” — a wry reference to its position over the lower face. This reproduction follows that classic sallet-and-bevor combination, finished in keeping with the wider fluted Gothic aesthetic.
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Medieval Gorget with Collar
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Houndskull Bascinet (Churburg No. 13)
SKU: AH6380This bascinet is based on Churburg Bascinet No. 13, a genuine surviving example dated to the second half of the 14th century, displayed in the armoury of Churburg Castle (Castel Coira), South Tyrol, Italy. Churburg holds one of the most important surviving collections of complete Gothic plate armour anywhere in the world, giving historians rare, closely dated evidence of Late Medieval knightly equipment. Its projecting, conical visor is a textbook example of the houndskull (hounskull) form, popular among knights across Europe until around 1420.
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Scottish Burgonet Helmet
SKU: AH6379The burgonet, sometimes called the Burgundian sallet, succeeded the sallet as a Renaissance and early modern combat helmet, characterised by a rounded skull with a fixed or hinged peak projecting above the face, an integral crest or comb running front to back, and substantial hinged cheekpieces that typically left the chin and throat exposed. This version is styled for Scottish military use, reflecting the burgonet’s adoption across Britain during the 16th and 17th centuries. British forces, including Scottish troops, adopted Renaissance helmet forms like the burgonet alongside older Highland arms traditions during this transitional period of European warfare.
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Vendel Viking Helmet
SKU: AH6378A reproduction inspired by the spectacular helmets recovered from the boat-grave cemetery at Vendel, Uppland, Sweden — the site that gave its name to the entire Vendel Period between the Migration Period and the Viking Age.
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Helmet of Themistocles
SKU: AH6385Themistocles was the Athenian statesman and general whose vision and political acumen are widely credited with securing the decisive Greek naval victory over the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC. Themistocles had earlier persuaded Athens to invest newly discovered silver revenues into building a large war fleet rather than distributing the wealth directly to citizens, a decision that proved decisive against Xerxes' invasion. This helmet reflects the Corinthian-style equipment worn by Greek commanders and hoplites of this pivotal period in the Greco-Persian Wars.
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Medieval Bevor
SKU: AH6384The bevor was a piece of plate armour protecting the chin and throat, bridging the gap between helmet and breastplate that remained a vulnerable point even under mail. Its name comes from the Old French baver, “to dribble,” a wry reference to its position over the lower face and jaw. This reproduction offers a general medieval-pattern bevor, suited to pairing with a range of helmet styles beyond the specifically Gothic sallet combination.
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Medieval Pauldrone Pair
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Visored Sugarloaf Helm, 14th Century
SKU: AH6323.16The sugarloaf helm evolved from the earlier flat-topped great helm during the late 13th and 14th centuries, its tall conical crown taking its name from the cone-shaped moulds used to form refined sugar in the period. Worked in 16-gauge steel, this reproduction offers a heavier, more durable build than lighter alternatives. The moving visor adds genuine functionality, letting the wearer raise it for ventilation and vision between engagements.
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Hourglass gauntlets take their name from their distinctive shape: a cuff that narrows sharply at the wrist before flaring open toward the forearm, giving each gauntlet a silhouette like the sand-timer it’s named for. This 16-gauge steel version offers a heavier, more robust build than lighter alternatives, suited to wearers prioritising durability. First appearing as mail gloves gave way to shaped steel plates through the 14th century, this style remained popular for more than fifty years.
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Kettle Helm, Konstanz Cathedral Pattern, 13th Century
SKU: ANT6391.16This kettle helm recreates a specific historical find from Konstanz Cathedral (Konstanzer Münster) in Germany, dated to the 13th century. A distinctive wide, horizontal brim effectively protected against arrows, blows from above, and rain, making this style genuinely practical for both foot soldiers and horsemen. Worked in 16-gauge steel, this reproduction is inspired directly by that documented archaeological original.
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10th Century Viking Helmet
SKU: AH6390A Viking Age helmet reflecting 10th century Norse construction, available in a choice of steel gauges for lighter display use or heavier re-enactment handling.
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15th Century English-Burgundian Salet
SKU: AH6389The sallet (also known as celata, salade or schaller) was a war helmet that replaced the earlier bascinet across Italy, Germany, and much of western and northern Europe during the mid-15th century, first recorded in a 1407 Gonzaga family inventory. By the mid-15th century, a distinct regional variety had evolved in England and the Netherlands, termed the “English-Burgundian” style, blending elements of the Italian and German forms. This reproduction, available in 16 or 18 gauge, recreates that intermediate English style of salet.
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A Viking Age helmet fitted with an ocular guard — a pair of curved openings framing the eyes — a protective design distinct from the single-bar nasal guard more commonly associated with the period.
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Visored Bascinet, with Leather Liner
SKU: AH6332This visored bascinet reflects the classic rounded-skull Medieval knightly helmet, fitted here with a comfortable leather liner. The bascinet evolved in the early 14th century from the simpler cervelliere skullcap, becoming the most widely worn helmet among European knights through the 14th and 15th centuries. A hinged, attached visor offered the wearer the option of full face protection or an open, better-ventilated view depending on the moment's demands.
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By the 15th century, a full cuirass, matched front and back plates covering the entire torso, had become the standard core of a knight’s harness across Western Europe.
This reproduction recreates that complete torso protection in 16-gauge steel, combining durability with the coverage expected of a genuine mid-to-late medieval fighting harness. Unlike a breastplate alone, the addition of a back plate gives full circumferential protection.
Deepeeka’s reproduction offers complete front-and-back torso protection, part of our Medieval heritage range.
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Valsgarde-Style Vendel Helmet
SKU: AH6333This helmet is styled after the spectacular helmets recovered from the boat graves at Valsgarde, Sweden, one of the richest archaeological sites of the pre-Viking Vendel period (roughly 550-750 AD). Valsgarde’s helmets belong to the group of Nordic “crested” or “spectacled” helmets, distinguished by distinctive brow fittings and a crest ending in animal heads, closely related to the famous Sutton Hoo helmet found in England. This reproduction recreates that richly decorated Scandinavian helmet tradition, predating the Viking Age proper but foundational to the wider Norse martial aesthetic.
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Gothic Cuirass, Front and Back Plate
SKU: AH6329The cuirass sat at the core of the Gothic harness, its matched front and back plates enclosing the torso in a single anatomically shaped shell. Fluted panels running across the breastplate, a hallmark of the German Gothic style, added rigidity and helped glance away blows without the extra weight a flat, unribbed plate would have needed for equivalent strength. Crafted from 18-gauge steel, this piece provides comprehensive torso protection and forms the anchor point around which the rest of a full Gothic harness is built.
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Gothic Cuirass with Tassets
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Spartacus Gladiator Helmet, Thraex Pattern
SKU: AH6326Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator whose 73-71 BC uprising became the largest slave revolt in Roman history, is traditionally understood to have trained and fought as a Thraex before his rebellion began. The Thraex class carried a distinctive high crest, often shaped into a griffin, invoking Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance and fate closely associated with the arena. Spartacus's later fame as a rebel leader has made the Thraex helmet form he likely wore one of the most instantly recognisable pieces of gladiatorial equipment in popular imagination today.
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The sallet (also known as celata, salade or schaller) was a war helmet that replaced the earlier bascinet across Italy, Germany, and much of western and northern Europe during the mid-15th century, first recorded in a 1407 Gonzaga family inventory. This version is styled for archer use, combining a moveable visor with the good visibility and ventilation an archer needed for accurate, sustained shooting. The sallet’s open, adaptable design made it a genuinely practical choice for archers, who needed clear sightlines that a fully enclosed helm would compromise.
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14th Century Hourglass Gauntlet, Pair
SKU: AH6324.16Hourglass gauntlets take their name from their distinctive shape: a cuff that narrows sharply at the wrist before flaring open toward the forearm, giving each gauntlet a silhouette like the sand-timer it’s named for. First appearing as mail gloves gave way to shaped steel plates through the 14th century, this style remained in circulation until the late 15th century, when narrower cuff designs began to replace the flared opening. This reproduction recreates that early plate hand armour form as a matched pair.
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Great Pot Helm, 16-Gauge
SKU: AH6327.16This 'pot helm' reflects an early, simpler form within the great helm family, its rounded, bowl-like profile predating the later flat-topped box style. The great helm arose in the late 12th century in the context of the Crusades and remained in use into the 14th century, its fully enclosing form offering superior protection against lance strikes. Worn over a mail coif or a separate close-fitting helmet, it traded mobility for maximum coverage, ideal for a mounted knight's initial charge.
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Great Helm, with Brass Fittings
SKU: XH017/AH4420This great helm reflects the fully enclosing knightly helmet that arose in the late 12th century, in the context of the Crusades, finished here with brass fittings. Its box-like, fully enclosing form offered superior protection against lance strikes once the couched-lance cavalry charge made face-level blows a serious hazard. Worn over a mail coif or a separate close-fitting helmet, it traded mobility for maximum coverage, ideal for a mounted knight's initial charge.
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Pig-Face (Houndskull) Bascinet, Standard
SKU: XH016/AH4422This pig-face bascinet reflects historical research into surviving originals, its distinctive projecting, conical visor resembling a hound's muzzle. This visor shape deflected blows away from the face while its pointed form encouraged the wearer's breath to escape downward, keeping the vision slits clearer than a flatter visor would allow. The type superseded the earlier great helm as the battlefield helmet of choice, prized for its genuinely superior flexibility and defensive qualities.
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The lobster-tail pot helmet, named for its articulated, segmented neck guard resembling a lobster's tail, was the signature cavalry helmet of the English Civil War (1642-1651). Its open face, typically fitted with a sliding nasal bar rather than a full visor, balanced protection with the visibility a mounted trooper needed. This helmet type is closely associated with both Royalist and Parliamentarian cavalry throughout the conflict that reshaped 17th century Britain.
