05-05-2007, 05:28 PM
Quote:The replica's that i have seen of the Morken,gammertingen and krefeld gellep 1782 helmets, were made of copper alloy sheet of about 0,8mm thick and fire gildet.
But are the late roman?
Not according to the rest of the finds in graves they were found in.
Here these helmets are known as merovingian, early mediaval frankisch.
No iron core? I find that hard to belive as all the pictures of real artifacts I have seen (including the ones from the recent exhibition in Mainz) show the base construction were iron segments. These were afterwards covered with copper alloy sheet metal.
I don't think anyone stated these helmets were Roman... There are two groups noticable in this helmettype. An eastern and a western group. The distinction between the two types is the number of spangen. Most Western helmets were found in Merovingian graves indeed.
Vale,
