02-11-2014, 06:10 AM
The Deurne-Berkasovo-Type helmet is first and foremost a Ridge helmet. It can be broken down into two variants.
Variant 1 was also a ridge helmet, but had more than two halves (such as the Jeweled Berkasovo helmet, or Leiden example)
Variant 2 had only two halves and commonly had a base ring. The base ring being the around the helmet which had the nasal and two halves riveted to it.
There are examples without a base ring, such as the Augsburg or Iatrus helmet and arguably fall in a later progression of the helmet when their quality began to lower and they became "simpler". The nasal sections for those helmets were riveted directly to the two bowl halves.
Variant 1 was also a ridge helmet, but had more than two halves (such as the Jeweled Berkasovo helmet, or Leiden example)
Variant 2 had only two halves and commonly had a base ring. The base ring being the around the helmet which had the nasal and two halves riveted to it.
There are examples without a base ring, such as the Augsburg or Iatrus helmet and arguably fall in a later progression of the helmet when their quality began to lower and they became "simpler". The nasal sections for those helmets were riveted directly to the two bowl halves.
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