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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This helmet reflects the equipment of Air Raid Precautions wardens, the civilian volunteers responsible for enforcing blackout regulations and coordinating local response during German bombing raids on Britain in the Second World War. Its distinctive blue colour, rather than khaki or steel-grey military tones, marked ARP wardens out as civilian defence personnel rather than front-line personnel. ARP wardens played a genuinely vital role on the British home front, patrolling streets during air raids, directing people to shelters, and reporting bomb damage and casualties to emergency services.
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Austrian M17 Helmet
SKU: AH4515The Austro-Hungarian Empire developed its own steel field helmet during the First World War, sharing broad design principles with the German Stahlhelm while remaining a distinct national pattern. Austro-Hungarian forces fought across multiple demanding fronts during the war, including the mountainous Italian front, where reliable head protection carried particular importance. This helmet reflects the wider European race to field effective steel helmets once the devastating toll of shrapnel and shell-fragment wounds became clear in the war's early trench warfare.
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This piece reproduces the experimental M15 Adrian helmet fitted with a facemask, designed by Dr. Polack, a medical officer stationed at Verdun during one of the First World War's longest and bloodiest battles. The added facemask reflects direct battlefield medical experience, an attempt to extend protection beyond the standard Adrian helmet's coverage to guard against the facial wounds so common in trench warfare. Few experimental designs like this saw widespread issue, making surviving examples and faithful reproductions a genuinely unusual window into wartime medical innovation.
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German Luftwaffe M1937 Paratrooper Helmet
SKU: AH4501This helmet reflects the M1937 pattern worn by Germany's Fallschirmjäger, the elite Luftwaffe paratrooper units that saw action across nearly every major German campaign of the Second World War. German paratroopers wearing this pattern took part in the invasions of the Low Countries and Norway, the North African and Italian campaigns, and the Eastern Front, among many other theatres. Perhaps most famously, Fallschirmjäger equipped with this helmet carried out the September 1943 Gran Sasso raid, the daring operation that freed Benito Mussolini from Italian captivity.
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US M1 Helmet, Antique Camouflage Finish
SKU: AH6142PThe M1 helmet was the standard steel field helmet of the United States military from the Second World War until 1985, one of the longest-serving helmet patterns in American military history. Its distinctive two-piece construction — an outer steel shell paired with a separate fibre liner — allowed the liner to be issued individually fitted, while the outer shell could double as a washbasin, stool, or cooking pot in the field. This antique camouflage finish reflects the painted and netted camouflage treatments American troops widely applied to their helmets for concealment.
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British Brodie Helmet
SKU: AH6143The Brodie helmet, patented in London in 1915 by inventor John Leopold Brodie, became the standard steel field helmet of the British and Commonwealth armies through both World Wars. Unlike the multi-piece Adrian helmet developed in France around the same time, Brodie's design was pressed from a single sheet of thick steel, giving it greater strength through simpler construction. Its broad, shallow-brimmed shape closely echoes the Medieval kettle hat or chapel-de-fer, a design lineage stretching back over 700 years to the 12th century.
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Adrian Helmet, Belgian Model
SKU: AH6141BThe Adrian helmet, first issued to the French Army in 1915, was also adopted by Belgium during the First World War, one of many nations to take up the design in original or modified form. This Belgian model reflects the national variations that emerged as different armies adapted the basic Adrian pattern to their own insignia and manufacturing standards. Belgium's small but determined army fought throughout the war despite the near-total occupation of the country, making Belgian-marked equipment from the period a genuinely significant piece of the nation's wartime history.
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German M1916 Stahlhelm, Camouflage Pattern
SKU: AH6042PThe M1916 Stahlhelm was the first steel field helmet issued to German troops, and by the war's later years was frequently finished in disruptive camouflage patterns for improved concealment. Camouflage-painted helmets became increasingly common as both sides recognised the tactical value of breaking up a soldier's outline against varied trench and battlefield terrain. This pattern reflects the field-applied and factory camouflage treatments seen on genuine surviving M1916 examples.
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US Army M1 Helmet
SKU: AH6142The M1 helmet was the standard steel field helmet of the United States military from the Second World War until 1985, one of the longest-serving helmet patterns in American military history. Its distinctive two-piece construction — an outer steel shell paired with a separate fibre liner — allowed the liner to be issued individually fitted, while the outer shell could double as a washbasin, stool, or cooking pot in the field. The M1's practical, durable design saw American troops through the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam before its eventual retirement.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern A
SKU: AH6150LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern B
SKU: AH6151LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern C
SKU: AH6152LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern D
SKU: AH6153LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern E
SKU: AH6154LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern F
SKU: AH6155LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern G
SKU: AH6156LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern 8
SKU: AH6157LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects one of the many fitting and finish variations found across the different German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Leather Pattern, Alternate Fittings
SKU: AH6036LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This pattern reflects an alternate set of metal fittings, part of the wide variation found across the many German states and regiments that adopted the Pickelhaube following unification in 1871. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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This Pickelhaube reflects the pattern worn by Prussian Cuirassier (Kürassier) regiments, the elite heavy cavalry of the Imperial German Army, in 1889. Cuirassier regiments carried particular prestige within the German military hierarchy, and their equipment, including helmet fittings, was typically finished to a correspondingly higher standard than standard infantry issue. This variant reflects the genuine detail differences found among surviving Cuirassier-pattern helmets from unit to unit and manufacturer to manufacturer.
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This Pickelhaube reflects the pattern worn by Prussian Cuirassier (Kürassier) regiments, the elite heavy cavalry of the Imperial German Army, in 1889. Cuirassier regiments carried particular prestige within the German military hierarchy, and their equipment, including helmet fittings, was typically finished to a correspondingly higher standard than standard infantry issue. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Pickelhaube, Standard Leather Pattern
SKU: AH6035LThe Pickelhaube's shell was formed from two pieces of hardened, compressed leather, lacquered black for most units, a construction that balanced protection with a manageable weight for daily wear. This standard pattern reflects the essential Pickelhaube form worn broadly across the Imperial German Army before the helmet's 1916 replacement by the steel Stahlhelm. The spike, mounted on a decorative base, was originally intended to help deflect blade strikes aimed at the head, a functional origin behind the Pickelhaube's now-iconic silhouette.
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Japanese M1932 Helmet, Dark Brown
SKU: AH6034This helmet reflects the standard steel field helmet worn by Imperial Japanese troops through the Second World War, finished in the dark brown commonly seen on genuine surviving examples. Japanese military helmets of this period balanced practical protection with the equipment demands of a wide range of Pacific and Asian theatres, from tropical jungle to open field warfare. This dark brown finish reflects one of the standard colourways issued across Japan's wartime military production.
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German Paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) Helmet
SKU: AH6041A paratrooper helmet is purpose-built field headgear for airborne troops, distinguished from standard infantry helmets by its close-fitting profile and reduced brim, designed to minimise snagging during a parachute jump. German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) helmets removed much of the traditional Stahlhelm's flared skirt, a deliberate trade-off that sacrificed some coverage for a safer, more streamlined jump profile. This close-cropped silhouette became instantly recognisable as the mark of Germany's elite airborne forces through the Second World War.
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German WWI Trench Armour (Sappenpanzer)
SKU: AH1917The Sappenpanzer, or German trench armour, was issued in the First World War to sentries and machine-gun crews holding static, exposed positions, offering protection against shell fragments and small-arms fire at close range. Built as a steel breastplate with over-the-shoulder supports, the stomach and groin were protected by three overlapping steel plates, giving flexibility as well as coverage. Too heavy for mobile infantry assault, it found its real use among troops who stayed largely stationary, its weight less of a drawback when there was little need to move quickly.
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French Adrian Helmet, M15 Pattern
SKU: AH6141The Adrian helmet, designed by Intendant-General August-Louis Adrian and adopted by the French Army in 1915, was the first modern steel field helmet issued in the First World War. Adrian based his design on the helmets worn by Parisian firefighters, adapting it for mass production once France's high command recognised how many casualties were caused by shrapnel and shell fragments in trench warfare. The helmet went on to be adopted, in original or modified form, by dozens of armies around the world, and was famously worn by Winston Churchill while commanding the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers in France in early 1916.
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German M1942 Stahlhelm
SKU: AH6046The M1942 Stahlhelm was the final major redesign of the German steel helmet during the Second World War, part of an overall restructuring of military production as the war's demands intensified. Later production runs further simplified manufacturing wherever possible, reflecting the increasing material and labour pressures German industry faced as the war progressed. Despite these production changes, the M1942 retained the same essential silhouette that had defined German steel helmets since the original M1916, closing out nearly three decades of continuous design evolution.
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German M1940 Stahlhelm
SKU: AH6030The M1940 Stahlhelm refined the M1935 pattern with a simplified ventilation design, part of Germany's ongoing effort to speed production as wartime demand for equipment intensified. This redesign reflected the practical pressures of a military rapidly expanding its manufacturing output once the Second World War was underway in earnest. The M1940 retained the same essential silhouette that had defined German steel helmets since the M1916, a recognisable continuity across nearly 25 years of design evolution.
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German M1935 Stahlhelm
SKU: AH6043The M1935 Stahlhelm was stamped from a single sheet of metal without the rolled edges of earlier WWI patterns, a more efficient manufacturing method suited to Germany's rapidly rearming military. It became the standard helmet of the Wehrmacht at the outbreak of the Second World War, its refined, streamlined profile retaining the recognisably German silhouette established by the original M1916. The M1935 remains one of the most widely recognised military helmets in history, closely associated with German forces throughout the early years of WWII.
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German M1918 Stahlhelm, Cutout Pattern
SKU: AH6045The M1918 'cutout' Stahlhelm answered a genuine criticism of the earlier M1916 pattern: its deep coverage over the ears made it difficult for soldiers to hear orders and battlefield sounds clearly. Removing sections of steel around the ears solved this practical problem directly, at some cost to overall coverage, reflecting the constant trade-off between protection and battlefield awareness. This late-war variant shows the German military still refining its helmet design even as the war approached its final year.
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German Stahlhelm Front Plate (Stirnpanzer)
SKU: AH6032An armoured brow plate, introduced to German troops in April 1916 alongside the steel Stahlhelm, designed to bolt onto the front of the helmet for sentries and snipers facing sustained, direct fire. The added plate significantly increased frontal protection at the cost of considerable extra weight, making it impractical for extended wear beyond static, high-risk positions. Genuine examples are relatively rare today, since the plate's weight and limited practical application meant it saw far more restricted issue than the Stahlhelm itself.
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German M1918 Stahlhelm, Camouflage Pattern
SKU: AH6044PThe M1918 Stahlhelm, the final major German steel helmet pattern of the First World War, was introduced to German troops in April 1916 as demand grew for reliable, mass-producible head protection in the trenches. By this stage of the war, camouflage-painted finishes had become common practice, breaking up the helmet's outline against varied battlefield terrain. This pattern reflects the field-applied and factory camouflage treatments seen on genuine surviving M1918 examples.
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German M1918 Stahlhelm
SKU: AH6044The M1918 Stahlhelm represents the final major German steel helmet pattern of the First World War, worn by German troops through the conflict's final year. Building on lessons from the M1916 and M1917 patterns, it maintained the same essential protective silhouette while incorporating incremental manufacturing and fit refinements. This pattern remained recognisable enough that its basic form influenced later interwar German military design.
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German M1917 Stahlhelm
SKU: AH6047The M1917 Stahlhelm refined the original M1916 design, part of the Imperial German Army's ongoing effort to replace the traditional Pickelhaube with genuinely effective steel protection. Field experience with the M1916 fed directly into this revised pattern, reflecting the German military's willingness to iterate its equipment even mid-war under demanding production pressures. The M1917 retained the recognisably German silhouette established by its predecessor, evoking the medieval sallet rather than the broad-brimmed styles favoured by Britain and France.
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German M1916 Stahlhelm
SKU: AH6042The M1916 Stahlhelm was the first steel field helmet issued to German troops, developed to replace the traditional Pickelhaube once the scale of shrapnel wounds in trench warfare became impossible to ignore. First tested at the Kummersdorf Proving Ground in November 1915 and field-tested by German assault troops, it entered wider issue through 1916, its deep skirt and distinctive lugs offering genuine, effective protection. The M1916's silhouette, evoking the medieval sallet rather than the broad-brimmed kettle-hat shape favoured by British and French helmets, established the recognisably German helmet profile that would persist through every later redesign.
