Imperial Gallic G 4 (Mainz)

[Folkert van Wijk]

Can someone tell me what this helmet originally is made of??

Iron or Bronze :?: :?:

For some reason it isn't always mentioned in the Roman helmet database...

[Marcus Mummius]

I'd guess a cupric alloy....

[M. Demetrius]

Yep, either that or iron. :roll: :lol:
(don't kill me)

I'd vote for cupric, though, just based on the greenish tint. Honestly, it's hard to tell from a photo without some kind of a color reference, like a white card.

[Praefectusclassis]

It's a copy, made by electrotyping the original. The material and color probably are not representative.

[jho]

the original appears to be in the

Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen.

So if somebody is located in Switzerland or the Southwest of Germany that person may be able to provide the information requested (and potentially photos for the helmet database)

[jvrjenivs]

Argh, I had to know this last week, when I was in Schaffhausen. But then I wasn't in the museum, unfortunately.

[Folkert van Wijk]

I'd guess a cupric alloy....

:? ?: :?: CUPRIC :?: :?: :?

Maybe you can sneak in the dutch word for me? :wink:

[Praefectusclassis]

Koperlegering.

[Folkert van Wijk]

Thanks :wink:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Do you have any other pictures of that one Folkert?

It would be an interesting project I think!

[jvrjenivs]

Byron, it is in the Helmet database on the main site:
[url:1i52ds2z]http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/option,com_helmets/task,view/cid,74/Itemid,96/[/url]

[Folkert van Wijk]

Do you have any other pictures of that one Folkert?

It would be an interesting project I think!

Yeah it's pretty isn't it?
It makes my Late Celtic Auxilia hart go faster. 8)

If something like this would be on the market for a affordable prise...
I would be all over it... :lol: :lol:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Well, now i have some shrooms sourced, I am looking to try a helmet project....this one looks to be of a simple enough shape for a first attempt!
And if it turns out right, a beaute of a helmet!!

Thanks Jurjvenus, it looks similar to one other one, but I hadn't seen this one for some reason!

[Ceasar Augustus]

I might try making one if I had the materials, but, unfortunately, I don't. *sigh*

[Folkert van Wijk]

I have had contact by e-mail with Werner Rutishauser from the MUSEUM ZU ALLERHEILIGEN. And the original is Cupric also, to be precise: 76.8% copper, 16.7% Sink, 2% led and less then 2% nickel...

He even send me a word doc, with a little more information and a photo, which I am allowed to share here on this forum...

Only the dating is a bit funny if I am translating and understanding the German way of dating correctly,
it says 330 B.C. :?: :o shock: :roll: