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Historical accuracy of Roman armor reproductions
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Hi all. I am looking for criticisms of this reproduction helmet I recently got and, if there are any issues, if anyone could please recommend some sites and books for me to learn more about Roman armor. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/Jmbuy
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#2
That looks like the GDFB trooper helm with crest. Or the unpadded, unbranded version. I have one for Dag but I have a good Gallic for reenacting. There's a lot wrong with it, but they're fairly sturdy and come padded. Check out the XXth's two cents on helmets for a quick reference. 
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/helmets.html
Fatis enim sanguis.

Josh H

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The "trooper helmet" gets more criticism than any other Roman helmet ever made. If you have some spare cash then buy every one you can find, toss them in a pile, and crush them with a sledge hammer.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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(12-26-2016, 07:39 PM)Mike Weuste Wrote: Hi all. I am looking for criticisms of this reproduction helmet I recently got and, if there are any issues, if anyone could please recommend some sites and books for me to learn more about Roman armor. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/Jmbuy

"Roman Military Equipment" M.C. Bishop & J.C.N. Coulston, there is a 3rd edition due

This would be the book I would advise you get as a one stop source book...

The Trooper Helmet? give it to the kids to try on at events.... you never know one may turn up in an excavation tommorrow...
Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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