03-13-2012, 04:11 PM
Explicit and nice pictures Jordan, thank you for the upload. I also ignored these specimens, though I had heard of specimens with crest-related holes. To make a guess these would hold the large high-up crests especially those based on metal. Low crests and those of organic materials (wood, leather, linen), could be as well glued as described above. Practical reasons imply that the latter should had been more common.
The band shown in the middle picture could be the result of a lateral crest - though the 4 holes are a bit off-center (they are off-center even for a straight crest too). Who knows what crest these held? If the crest was a metal one made out of an even slightly different metal to that of the helmet (something more probable than not), then there would be certainly a differential in rusting with the area touched presenting accelerated corrosion. Not sure 100% if this is the case here but it could as well be the result of that.
Nikos
The band shown in the middle picture could be the result of a lateral crest - though the 4 holes are a bit off-center (they are off-center even for a straight crest too). Who knows what crest these held? If the crest was a metal one made out of an even slightly different metal to that of the helmet (something more probable than not), then there would be certainly a differential in rusting with the area touched presenting accelerated corrosion. Not sure 100% if this is the case here but it could as well be the result of that.
Nikos
