Reconstructing a 6th c. Baldenheim spangenhelm

[egfroth]

Frankly, I prefer not to have a nose guard on my helmet anyway since it's more common in later types as you say.

~Theo

Just because, here's the decorative gilt-bronze plate from the brow of the Lombard king Agilulf's helmet, from about the same time as the others. No sign of any provision for a nasal.