11-01-2006, 08:30 PM
Saul wrote:
Hello Saul. Not really. The helmet may look like some of those on Trajan's Column but it is in fact copied from a helmet discovered in Syria. It was silvered but there is doubt over whether it is in fact a Victorian period forgery. Montefortino or Coolus type helmets of which there are many variations would be much better examples for the series to have used and for you to copy if you are interested in that period.
Graham.
Quote:Oh, and would it likely be unacceptable to wear the helmet from the series at a re-enactment? Despite the fact it was present on Trajan's column? Or is this still a point of controversy?
Hello Saul. Not really. The helmet may look like some of those on Trajan's Column but it is in fact copied from a helmet discovered in Syria. It was silvered but there is doubt over whether it is in fact a Victorian period forgery. Montefortino or Coolus type helmets of which there are many variations would be much better examples for the series to have used and for you to copy if you are interested in that period.
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.