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Does anyone have this book with these pages:?: Feugère, M. (1993, trans. 2002), "Weapons of the Romans" (Tempus), p.205-7
I would like to have a look at what it says about the Gallic D Copy (the one in the RAT helmet database not destroyed in WWII)
Does anyone have any photos of this helmet aside from the one on the RAT helmet database.
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Paolo
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I know someone who is in the process of making a copy of the one destroyed in WW2
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Byron,
Who is making the copy of the Gallic D destroyed in WWII. Joe Piela made one that is rather good although I have not compared it to the black and white photos of Robinson.
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He probably would not like me to advertise it, as he says it will be the only one he does for a private individual! I will ask him if it is ok to mention his name and get back to you! I know the peak in a real pain!
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Peroni,
It appears that the silver rosettes on the WWII destroyed helmet photo are not in line with the hinge attachment. I dare say that the cheekguard may in fact be attached by some flat rivet under the browband (similar fashion to the way the Gallic G hinge is attached except that the rivet here can be seen) :?:
Also if one were to calcualte the size of the rivets relative to the size of the rosettes, the rivets would be quite small and consequently not strong enough to hold a cheekpiece of this size and would need support.
I know what Dr. Bishop has said, but unless we can look inside the helmet, we cannot determine this easily since many helmets do suffer from severe corrosion making the identifcation of the attachment point difficult. :?:
I know we discussed this on another post, but I had never seen the photo you sent to me.
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Paolo
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That is quite nice! The one being made by my friend is taking some blood sweat and tears too!
hock: There are quite a few details not too evident from the photos, but he has a copy of the write up made back in the early 1900's, in German of course, which is being translated for him, or has been..... :?
Peroni --
do you have the tinted version of the photo? I believe it shows a few details not evident in the b&w photo!
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Quote:the attachment rivets for the cheek plate hinge are indeed hidden beneath the brow band decoration. The inlaid rivet bosses are too 'out-of-line'.
That could depend on the shape of the attachment for the hinge?
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Thats the one peroni!
Thanks! It shows the chevron design on the browband!
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