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English Close Helmet, Deluxe Pattern
SKU: XH015/ AH4421The close helmet was the final major development of Renaissance head armour, worn by knights and soldiers mainly in the 16th and 17th centuries — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy filed this piece under 'Medieval,' when it is genuinely a Renaissance form. It evolved directly from the armet, the final true Medieval helmet, as fully articulated, fully enclosing protection reached its most refined expression. This deluxe English pattern reflects a more richly finished example of the classic close helmet form.
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Medieval Nasal Helmet, Cross Motif, Standard
SKU: AH3820This nasal helmet is finished with a cross motif, reflecting the deep religious symbolism woven into Medieval knightly identity and equipment. The nasal helmet, defined by its single protective nose-guard, saw widespread use from the late 9th century through the 12th, a form predating the later great helm and bascinet. A cross carried genuine devotional meaning for a Medieval Christian warrior, a visible mark of faith carried into battle.
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Medieval Nasal Helmet, Cross Motif
SKU: AH3812This nasal helmet is finished with a cross motif, reflecting the deep religious symbolism woven into Medieval knightly identity and equipment. The nasal helmet, defined by its single protective nose-guard, saw widespread use from the late 9th century through the 12th, a form predating the later great helm and bascinet. A cross carried genuine devotional meaning for a Medieval Christian warrior, a visible mark of faith carried into battle.
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Leather Scale Greaves, Pair
SKU: AH6272A greave protects the leg, historically worn during the Middle Ages by soldiers and kings alike in combat. This beautiful pair of greaves is handmade in leather with scales riveted onto a leather backing, matching the construction of our leather scale armour and bracers. Fully wearable, it completes a leather scale armour set for a coordinated head-to-toe appearance.
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Leather Scale Bracers, Pair
SKU: AH6271A bracer protects the forearm, historically worn during the Middle Ages by soldiers and kings alike in combat. This beautiful pair is handmade in leather with scales riveted onto a leather backing, matching the construction of our leather scale armour. Fully wearable, it completes a leather scale armour set for a coordinated arm-to-torso appearance.
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Leather Scale Armour with Back Plate
SKU: AH6270Scale armour was worn across many different cultures and historical periods, by warriors and, in some traditions, their horses as well. Following that traditional design, this piece features a natural-coloured leather backing with sturdy leather scales riveted in overlapping rows. Complete with a matching back plate for full torso coverage, front and back.
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King’s Guard Helmet, with Stand
SKU: AH4402This helmet reflects the equipment of a king's personal guard, finished to a standard befitting close royal service. The great helm and its variants offered the fully enclosing protection expected of elite Medieval household troops. Complete with its own display stand, this piece is ready to present straight out of the box.
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This elaborately detailed set draws on the visual language of fantasy royal-guard armour popularised in modern television and film, rather than one specific documented historical type. Worked in 18-gauge steel with an antiqued brass finish, it features overlapping leather scale detailing at the neck, arms and legs for a heavily textured, imposing silhouette. Complete with a padded helmet lining and adjustable leather straps and buckles, it is built for genuine wear as a striking costume or display piece.
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Brass Scale Armour, Large Fit (Lorica Squamata)
SKU: AH6164BThe lorica squamata was a type of scale armour used by the Roman military from the Republic onward, built from small overlapping metal scales wired or sewn to a fabric backing. This brass version is built to a generous scale, fitting chests up to 50 inches and standing 26 inches in length, for wearers needing a larger fit than our standard sizing. At roughly 12.5 kg, the weight reflects the density of real overlapping metal scale construction rather than a lightened costume alternative.
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Greek Musculata, Combat Pattern
SKU: LA003Muscle cuirasses were often highly ornamented with mythological scenes, but archaeological finds of relatively unadorned examples, alongside artistic depictions of military scenes, show that simpler versions were also worn in genuine combat. This leather musculata reflects that plainer, combat-oriented end of the tradition, its anatomical form present without elaborate figural decoration. A lightweight leather build offers real wearability for extended re-enactment use.
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Roman Phalera Set, Military Decoration
SKU: AH6765Phalerae were prestigious Roman military awards — circular medallions granted for bravery and distinguished service, worn proudly across the chest to signify honour, rank and achievement. Based on archaeological references and historical depictions, sets like this were mounted on leather harness straps across the torso and traditionally arranged in odd-numbered formations, worn by soldiers known as the phalerati, the decorated. Developed in collaboration with Roman historian and re-enactor Radostin Kolchev, this set captures the raised relief motifs and handcrafted, non-industrial detailing of genuine Roman originals.
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Padded Medieval Upper Leg Armour (Pair)
SKU: PA2047Before, and alongside, plate cuisses, padded upper leg protection offered a simpler, lighter defence against forceful thrusts and blows. This padded pair uses layered construction to absorb impact, secured with leather strings for a comfortable, adjustable fit. It suits wearers building a foot soldier or lightly armoured impression, or looking for comfortable padding beneath plate leg armour.
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This full display suit draws its styling from the enduring visual identity of the Knights Templar, the medieval military religious order whose red cross remains one of history’s most recognisable martial emblems. The suit dates in construction style from a later period than the order itself, which was suppressed in 1312, reflecting the way “Templar armour” has become a broad popular shorthand for knightly identity rather than one narrow archaeological type. Standing 79 inches complete with sword, shield, cape and a purpose-built display stand, it is intended as a striking centrepiece rather than a battlefield-accurate single-period reconstruction.
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This full display harness draws on the richly decorated suits of armour associated with Charles V and Philip II, today held in the Real Armeria, the royal armoury collection in Madrid. Each piece is worked in polished steel and iron, carrying bas-relief artwork and etched floral motifs across much of its surface, in keeping with the elaborate parade and ceremonial armour of the Spanish court. This style reflects armour as a statement of dynastic power as much as protection, made for a Habsburg court that could commission the finest armourers in Europe.
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Celtic Cuff, Knotwork Design
SKU: AH5524The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a knotwork-style decorative pattern, echoing the interlaced designs that are among the most recognisable hallmarks of Celtic art. Adjustable and cast in brass, it sits between the plainest unadorned cuffs and the more figurative animal-motif designs in our range.
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Celtic Cuff, Dragon Design
SKU: AH5523The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a dragon motif, a creature that recurs across Celtic art and later medieval Celtic-influenced traditions as a symbol of strength and power. Adjustable and cast in brass, it recreates the more decorated end of the historical range of Celtic arm and wrist jewellery, in contrast to plainer, unadorned examples.
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Celtic Cuff, Plain Design
SKU: AH5522The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. Roman writers such as Diodorus Siculus described Celtic warriors adorned with gold bracelets and heavy neck rings, and captured torcs were prized enough as war trophies that a Roman general once took the nickname “Torquatus” after winning one in single combat. This adjustable brass cuff recreates that open-band form in a plain, unadorned pattern, true to the simpler end of the historical range of Celtic arm and wrist jewellery.
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Scale armour, or lorica squamata, is among the oldest forms of body defence in the ancient world, built from small overlapping metal scales wired or sewn onto a fabric or leather backing. Worn by officers, standard-bearers, and auxiliary troops across the Roman military rather than being restricted to a single rank, it offered flexibility closer to mail alongside a distinctive, reflective surface. This version is supplied with its own doublet, the fabric garment the scales are mounted to, made from hand-fitted 24 to 26 gauge brass scales.
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Greek Greaves, Brass (Pair)
SKU: AH6140Greaves were a standard part of the hoplite panoply, protecting the lower leg from ankle to knee where the shield could not reach. Greek and Macedonian soldiers and kings alike wore greaves in combat, shaped and sprung to fit the leg closely without needing straps to hold them in place. This brass pair recreates that close-fitting hoplite silhouette, providing a matched set of shin defences styled after classical Greek military equipment.
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Leather Subarmalis, Economy
SKU: AH6082EThe subarmalis was worn beneath the lorica or a mail shirt, its padded construction protecting the wearer’s skin from chafing against the metal armour worn over it. This economy version offers that same essential function in authentic leather at a more accessible price point. Fully wearable and comfortable, it suits re-enactors assembling a first full Roman kit.
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Black and White Plume, with Wooden Base (Set)
SKU: AH6185-AH6104-AH6101A black and white horsehair-style plume for mounting on a Roman helmet, reflecting the crests that marked rank and unit identity across the legions. Crest colour and mounting style varied by rank, unit, and period, giving Roman officers and specialist troops a visible identity readable at a distance. Fitted with a wooden base for secure mounting, this plume is designed to pair with Deepeeka's range of Roman helmets.
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Crusader Mail Shirt
SKU: AH6821This mail shirt, worn over the head and covering the arms and complete upper body and thighs, recreates the classic Crusader-era hauberk. Battle-ready construction and full coverage suit a Crusader-era knight or man-at-arms impression. By this period, mail had become common enough that gauntlets, chausses, coifs and even sabatons could be combined into a full head-to-foot defence for those who could afford it.
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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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Viking Dagged Mail Shirt
SKU: AH6812A mail shirt with a distinctive 'dagged' (scalloped or notched) lower edge, worn over the torso and upper limbs — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy for this item mistakenly called it a 'Dagger Shirt,' when 'dagged' actually refers to the decorative cut of its hem.
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Celtic Mail Shirt
SKU: AH6813Mail armour is widely believed to have originated with Celtic smiths, whose riveted-ring construction techniques were later adopted and refined by the Romans as the lorica hamata. This reproduction recreates a Celtic-style mail shirt, battle-ready and covering the torso and upper arms. A genuinely foundational piece of armour history, predating the Roman adoption of the same basic technology.
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Bishop’s Mantle, Collar Style
SKU: AH6824The bishop’s mantle is a mail mantle worn over the shoulders, its distinctive draped shape said to resemble ecclesiastical vestments, giving the piece its popular name. This collar-style version offers a shorter drape than a full camail, protecting the shoulders and upper chest. Battle-ready construction suits full-contact re-enactment combat.
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Chainmail Collar
SKU: AH6876This chainmail collar is worn around the neck, protecting the shoulders and upper chest. A compact alternative to a full camail or coif, offering targeted neck and shoulder coverage. Battle-ready construction suits full-contact re-enactment combat.
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Chainmail Coif, Zigzag Pattern
SKU: AH6852A coif is a mail hood, worn over the head to protect the scalp, neck and upper chest, one of the standard components of a knight’s mail defence. This version finishes the lower edge in a zigzag pattern, a decorative treatment seen on some surviving and depicted medieval mail garments. Battle-ready construction suits full-contact re-enactment combat.
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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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Caesarean-Era Roman Helmet
SKU: AH6376This helmet reflects the equipment style of the late Republican period during Julius Caesar's campaigns, a formative era in the development of the standardised Imperial helmet types that followed. Caesar's Gallic Wars and subsequent civil wars drove significant developments in Roman military organisation and equipment, setting patterns that would mature into the classic Imperial Gallic and Italic helmet families. This period sits at the transition point between the older Republican Montefortino tradition and the more standardised helmet forms that would come to define the Imperial legions.
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Norse Dragon-Crested Helmet
SKU: AH5501This helmet's dragon motif and shining finish suggest equipment intended for a person of considerable status — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy filed this piece under 'Celtic,' when its Norse dragon theme has no Celtic connection at all. Dragon and serpent imagery held real significance across Viking Age art, appearing most famously on the carved prows of longships, understood as both intimidating to enemies and protective in nature. A helmet finished with this kind of striking decorative treatment would have marked its wearer out clearly, in a culture where visible status and reputation carried real social weight.
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Ludovisi Commander’s Helmet
SKU: AH6211This helmet draws on the plumed helmet worn by the central mounted commander depicted on the Ludovisi Sarcophagus, a masterwork of Roman relief sculpture dated to around 250-260 AD. Discovered in Rome in 1621 and now displayed at the Palazzo Altemps, the sarcophagus depicts a chaotic scene of Roman soldiers clashing with Gothic forces, its central commander portrayed with striking composure amid the surrounding turmoil. The sculpture is considered one of the most important surviving works of 3rd century Roman art, a rare large-scale glimpse of military equipment and imagery from a turbulent period of the Empire's history.
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Rus Helm, with Horsehair Tail
SKU: AH5502This helmet reflects the Rus — Norse settlers and traders active across Eastern Europe and the river routes toward the Byzantine and Islamic worlds — worth correcting directly here, since older listing copy filed this piece under 'Celtic,' when it has no Celtic connection at all. A horsehair tail mounted at the crown gave this helmet a distinctive silhouette, a decorative treatment found across various early medieval Northern and Eastern European helmet traditions. The Rus, whose name may ultimately give rise to the modern name 'Russia,' represented the eastward-reaching arm of the wider Norse world, blending Scandinavian origins with the Slavic and Byzantine cultures they encountered.
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Celtic Helmet, Brass
SKU: AH5503Celtic helmets were common chiefly among the Gauls, particularly the upper-class warriors who could afford such high-quality craftsmanship. These well-made Celtic designs carried real influence beyond their own culture, shaping the helmet forms Rome itself would later adopt as its legions expanded across Western Europe. A brass construction reflects one of several metals Celtic smiths worked with, alongside iron and bronze, depending on regional tradition and the wearer's means.
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Spangenhelm, 3rd-4th Century
SKU: RTU790An early spangenhelm, the multi-plate helmet construction of Late Antiquity, its strips connecting three to six plates in a design that spread widely along Late Roman and Migration Period trade and military routes.
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Templar Helmet
SKU: AH6110This helmet reflects the equipment associated with the Knights Templar, the powerful crusading military order founded in the early 12th century to protect pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land. The Templars drew on the broader Northern European knightly helmet tradition shared by other Crusading forces of the period. The order grew into one of the wealthiest and most influential institutions of the Medieval world before its suppression in 1312.
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Great Helm, Standard Pattern
SKU: AH6795This great helm reflects the fully enclosing knightly helmet that arose in the late 12th century, in the context of the Crusades, and remained in use into the 14th century. 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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Knight’s Helmet, with Crown
SKU: AH3852This helmet is finished with a crown, reflecting the elevated status such equipment would signal, befitting a king or high nobility rather than an ordinary knight. The great helm and its variants offered the fully enclosing protection expected of Medieval battlefield equipment. A crowned helmet carried real symbolic weight, marking its wearer's rank even beneath a fully concealing visor.
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English Close Helm, 16th Century Pattern
SKU: AH6792The 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 16th-century English pattern, from the period when the close helmet had become a standard piece of Renaissance man-at-arms equipment. By this period the close helmet had developed alongside the burgonet as one of the two dominant helmet forms of 16th-century warfare.
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English Close Helmet, Tournament Pattern
SKU: AH6794The 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 tournament-pattern version reflects the reinforced helmets wealthy men-at-arms commissioned specifically for jousting and tournament combat. Wealthy owners often held ‘garnitures,’ armours with interchangeable parts allowing the same base harness to be reconfigured for field use or various forms of tournament combat.
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English Close Helmet, Combat Pattern
SKU: AH6793The 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 combat-pattern version is built as genuine field armour rather than the reinforced variants used in tournaments. A fully enclosing helmet with pivoting visor and integral bevor, offering close to total head and face protection.
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This kettle hat is made in mild steel in the shape of a brimmed hat, mainly worn during the medieval period across Europe by infantry. It is characterised by a large brim that offers extensive protection. Its wide brim gave genuinely good protection against blows and missiles falling from above, made it valuable in siege warfare, and left the wearer’s vision, breathing and head movement largely unobstructed.
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Peaked Morion Helmet, Blackened Interior
SKU: AH6784This peaked morion is associated with the Conquistadors of Spain, although its popularity spread widely across many nations and social groups. Crafted from 18-gauge steel, the interior is blackened for a genuine period-accurate finish. Though iconically linked to early Spanish explorers, the morion did not actually see wide use until decades after the earliest conquests of the Americas.
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Peak Morion Helmet, Etched Decoration
SKU: AH4134The morion is an open helmet used from the mid-16th through the early 17th century, characterised by a flat, upturned brim and a distinctive comb running front to back. This peaked version carries etched decoration across its surface, reflecting the more elaborately finished helmets historically reserved for officers and wealthier soldiers. While low-cost production drove the morion’s wide adoption among ordinary troops, officers commissioned versions like this with etching, gilding or paint to display their rank and wealth.
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Child’s Leather Brigandine
SKU: I1003This child-sized brigandine follows the same construction principle as the medieval original: a cloth or leather garment lined with small plates riveted inside for flexible protection. Sized and built for comfort, it offers young wearers the recognisable silhouette of genuine medieval armour. Suited to young re-enactors, costume events, or imaginative play.
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Child’s Leather Dragon Brigandine
SKU: I1002This child-sized brigandine follows the same construction principle as the medieval original: a cloth or leather garment lined with small plates for flexible protection. Finished with a dragon-themed design, it adds a fantasy touch to a genuinely historical armour form. Sized and built for comfort, suited to young re-enactors, costume events, or imaginative play.
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The vambrace, a forearm guard, can be worn as part of a full body armour suit or as a standalone piece of protection. This pair is made of leather with brass accents, offering a decorative finish alongside genuine forearm coverage. Versatile and lightweight, it suits both full-harness wear and standalone use.
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Viking Archer’s Vambrace
SKU: i1015A leather vambrace, the forearm guard worn by Viking Age archers to protect the inside of the forearm from the snap of a released bowstring.
