02-02-2008, 11:17 PM
Tarbicus wrote:-
Quote:I put it to you they are also T shaped reinforcements, doubling up as plume holders.....a very perspicacious observation,Jim ! The thick iron piece is not necessary to support a crest, particualrly the central crest and side feather tubes type, as can be seen on many other helmets. I think you are dead right, and that the piece is primarily a re-inforcement for the most vulnerable point ( because of it's size and position), particularly against the Celtic sword( as Byron has indicated) - and only secondarily serves to hold feathers etc.....
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
