Niedermörmter helmet reconstruction

[Crispvs]

I agree. Beautiful work. Lauds to you.

The detail of the flange under the neck guard of the Guttmann helmet is most interesting and I confess to not having noticed it either in the Christies catalogue or Junkelmann's book. I think the interpretation of it as an attachment point for extra lames is a very good one and like you say, deeper occipits and lower neck guards are a normal feature of helmets which are close to contemporary with it. My only reservation is regarding the weight, as the large neck guard of such a helmet makes it very heavy at the back already.

Interestingly, I saw a reconstruction of the Niedermoermter helmet a few years ago which had been fitted with the longer cheek guards with ears, like those seen on the so called cavalry 'D' and 'E', types, and they seemed to work perfectly with it and made it look incredibly similar to those helmet types.

Crispvs