Crests and Roman Soldiers

[markusaurelius]

I am not sure that the Berkasovo ones were intended to have a crest, at least there seems to be no buckles or slots for that purpose...

In fact the opposite is true. If you get a hold of the newly released article by Dr.Christian MIKS from RGZM in Germany he discusses the high number of Berkasovo helmet that actually had slots for crest, or creases in the ridge indicative of crests. The Koblenz finds had a high number of helmets that were ready for crest or had them.

Also when looking at different angles of images of the Augsburg helmet, it appears to have spots/ slots in the ridge for a crest attachment (likely added like the Guteman late roman helmet with the crest attached).

It appears that that the iconography of the later roman period where most helmets had crest may be more true than not.....