01-26-2008, 05:30 PM
If anyone has taken a look at the Helmet dBase recently, they will notice that some new items have been added. Jasper has very kindly taken me through the process of uploading images, so I can put pictures there without having to bother him with it (Ph.D., .... editor of AW mag .... you get the idea!)
There are now some 140 plus items up there for your enjoyment (!) The complete dBase now has some 430 plus helmets in it, so there is still a long way to go. PRETTY PLEASE, if you have any photos of helmets, send them in. It doesn't even matter if there are already photos there, yours may show something that the others do not. Please provide your name, so that we can make acknowledgement of it and attribute the copyright to you.
To wet your appetite, there are now photos of some very rare types there, as well as some drawings taken from a book published in 1914! The rarities include an Agen-Port, a perfect Montefortino and an Auxiliary infantry helmet made from copper sheet.
Some of these helmets are undoubtedly of Celtic origins. However, they have been added because (a) some of them were found in Italy, (b) the Montefortino and Coolus types, used by Roman soldiers, had their origins in the Celtic tribes and it's impossible to tell whether they were used by the one or the other (although we may have our suspicions!)
To paraphrase Earl Kitchener: "Yours database needs your photos"!
Mike Thomas
Caratacus)
There are now some 140 plus items up there for your enjoyment (!) The complete dBase now has some 430 plus helmets in it, so there is still a long way to go. PRETTY PLEASE, if you have any photos of helmets, send them in. It doesn't even matter if there are already photos there, yours may show something that the others do not. Please provide your name, so that we can make acknowledgement of it and attribute the copyright to you.
To wet your appetite, there are now photos of some very rare types there, as well as some drawings taken from a book published in 1914! The rarities include an Agen-Port, a perfect Montefortino and an Auxiliary infantry helmet made from copper sheet.
Some of these helmets are undoubtedly of Celtic origins. However, they have been added because (a) some of them were found in Italy, (b) the Montefortino and Coolus types, used by Roman soldiers, had their origins in the Celtic tribes and it's impossible to tell whether they were used by the one or the other (although we may have our suspicions!)
To paraphrase Earl Kitchener: "Yours database needs your photos"!
Mike Thomas
Caratacus)
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