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Faceguards on Celtic helmets?
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Hi Oisin, welcome to the forum.
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Quote:I can't find any evidence for pre-Viking helmets with any sort of face mask, nose guard, anything. This is a problem . . .

Yes, I see. And no, afaik there are no pre-Roman helmets with nasals in the Celtic realm. However, there are early medieval Celtic helmets with nasals, such as this Pictish helmet:
[Image: aberlemno-picts.jpg]
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Faceguards on Celtic helmets? - by Oisin - 12-19-2006, 05:41 PM
Re: Faceguards on Celtic helmets? - by Robert Vermaat - 12-19-2006, 06:56 PM
Re: Faceguards on Celtic helmets? - by Oisin - 12-19-2006, 08:28 PM
Re: Faceguards on Celtic helmets? - by Agraes - 12-19-2006, 09:54 PM
Re: Faceguards on Celtic helmets? - by Lugorix - 12-20-2006, 03:39 PM

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