Historical Armor Helmets

Detailed images of various historical helmets from different cultures and eras, showcasing intricate metalwork and design on a neutral background.

A helmet

Close Helmet, c. 1510-30. Germany, 16th century. Steel with black paint; overall: 27.3 x 33 cm (10 3/4 x 13 in.).

Close Helmet for the Tourney. South German; Landshut. Date: 1550-1570. Dimensions: H. 25.4 cm (10 in.). Steel and leather. Origin: Landshut. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Helmet 16th-17th century Turkish. Helmet 24003

Bascinet. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); Wt. 7 lb. 2.2 oz. (3237.5 g). Date: 1425-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Armet. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); D. 11 in. (27.9 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 5 oz. (2410 g). Date: ca. 1570. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Close Helmet for the Tourney. South German; Nuremberg. Date: 1540-1570. Dimensions: H. 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)Wt. 7 lb. 8 oz. Steel. Origin: Nuremberg. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A helmet

Visored Bascinet in the 14th century style 19th century French. Visored Bascinet in the 14th century style. French. 19th century. Steel. Forgeries

Close Helmet. South German, Probably Nuremberg. Date: 1510-1530. Dimensions: H. 24.6 cm (9 3/4 in.). Steel. Origin: Nuremberg. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Close-Helmet ca. 1560 British or Flemish The prow-like lower visor of this helmet is the most recognizable characteristic of a distinctive style that was made about the middle of the sixteenth century in either England or Flanders. This particular helmet is interesting because it was later adapted and reused as a funerary achievement, meaning that it was hung in a church above the tomb of a gentleman. Indicators of this are the painted decoration and the relatively crude spike, designed to hold a crest, piercing the comb at the top. Funerary helmets are rare, particularly outside the context of English churches.. Close-Helmet 35953

Sallet and Bevor 1480 German. Sallet and Bevor 34258

Rüstung Armour of the medieval knight. Metal protection of the soldier against the weapon of the opponent Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 2628259

Morion. Morion, iron, blank, made of two plates, deep helmet globe with high-folded ridge and front and behind steps. Edge of the valve is folded. Around the base of the helmet bulb around six glasses of decorative rosons. Three jigsidates are missing on both sides. Blackened inside, two white scratches on weather from the comb slot.

Close Helmet Made 1520-1540 Nuremberg. Steel .

Right arm cover, 1499 - 1699 Arm cover, iron, white, consists of a articulated shoulder plate, upper arm pipe, an elbow hood and a forearm pipe. There is an iron buckle on the top of the shoulder plate, underneath a articulated strip that is sturled at the oven pip, the edges are high -quality and tilted. The upper arm pipe consists of two parts that are sounded together on two points, a cacked bone in the middle. The elbow hood has two parts and has flared wired edges. The lower arm pipe consists of two parts are stuck together with two hinges so that the pieces can be opened. The whole is painted from black. Europe iron (metal)

Helmet. Culture: Indian. Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); D. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 6.6 oz. (640.7 g). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Armor of the Dukes of Alba ca. 1575-85 Lucio Piccinino Italian This is one of the few armors attributable to Lucio Piccinino, the last of the great Italian armor embossers. Distinctive of Piccinino's style is the covering of the armor surface with a dense network of embossed ornament with vertical bands connected laterally by swags of acanthus and fruit. Originally, the steel ground was blued and highlighted with gold and silver damascening. Although damaged by fire in the nineteenth century, this armor amply demonstrates Piccinino's skill in designing a complex program of Classically inspired decoration.Acquired directly from the ancestral collection of the dukes of Alba in Madrid in 1861, this armor appears to combine the remains of two armors of nearly identical size and style. They were probably made for two of the sons of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo (1507-1582), third duke of Alba, a famous Spanish general.. Armor of the Dukes of Alba. Italian, Milan. ca. 1575-85. Steel, gold, silv

Waistcoat cuirass, ca.1580. North Italian. Armoury. Grandmaster Palace. Valletta. Malta.

Breastplate with Associated Skirt for Half-Armor 1570-1600 Italy, northern. Steel, etched .

Szyszak husarski

Iron helmet of the medieval knight. Very heavy headdress

Helmet with visor belonging to an equestrian harness, helmet headgear protective clothing clothes horseman harness wrought iron leather, forged riveted iron helmet with visor belonging to horseman harness with lance support protect weapon equipment war lancer cover head

Lobster-Tail Burgonet 17th century German. Lobster-Tail Burgonet. German. 17th century. Steel, leather. Helmets

Bronze gladiator's helmet

Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564) dated 1549 Kunz Lochner German The ownership of this armor by Ferdinand I (1503-1564) is indicated by the heraldic emblems on the toe caps: the imperial double-headed eagle surmounted by a royal crown, which signifies Ferdinands honorific status as king of the Romans and designated successor to his brother, Emperor Charles V. The image of the Virgin and Child on the breastplate was also used by Charles V on his own armors. The backplate is decorated with crossed staves and firesteels, the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, an elite chivalric society of which Ferdinand was a member.Kunz Lochner, Nurembergs most celebrated armorer of the period, made several armors for both Ferdinand and his son Archduke Maximilian (1527-1576), including two matching armors produced about 1546 that are very similar to the one exhibited here.The helmet of the Museums armor was not made for it originally but has been associated with the armor since at le

Gold helmet from Mesopotamia. 2,500 BC. Iraq Museum.

Iron helmet of the medieval knight. Very heavy headdress

Back plate of a harbus armor for a young man. Back plate of Harquebusiers harness for a young man. See Description Breast piece

Armet ca. 1490 Italian The term armet is generally used to denote a visored helmet of particular construction, one in which large cheekpieces are hinged to the base of the bowl just above the ears and close in front of the chin. The face opening is formed in the space between the rim of the bowl and the edges of the cheekpieces, an area closed and protected by a short, pointed visor hinged to pivots on either side of the bowl. The right side of the visor is pierced with a slot and holes for ventilation, and has a lifting peg. A cusped brow reinforce riveted to the front of the bowl, and a circular plate (rondel) attached by a short stem to the base of the bowl at the rear of the helmet are two other features common to the armet. Apart from the rondel and stem, which are restorations, this armet is entirely homogeneous. Its original appearance would have included a protective curtain-like mail fringe attached by rivets to the lowermost edge of the helmet, and several plates known as a b

Morion ca. 1600 German, Nuremberg Forged in one piece this helmet has a high comb across its rounded bowl and an elegantly swept brim rising to sharp points at the front and back. Cheekpieces with chin straps are built up from three overlapping plates. The decorative heads of the rivets securing the lining are lion's masks holding rings in their mouths; the rivet heads on the cheekpieces are brass rosettes. A brass plume holder in the shape of a winged female half-figurine is attached to the rear end of the comb. The entire surface is blackened except for etched and gilt bands of arabesques along the edges of brim and comb and circular medallions on bowl and comb. The smaller medallions on the comb show the arms of the Dukes of Saxony, barry of ten, or and sable, a crancelin vert in bend overall, on one side, and on the other those of the archmarshalship of the empire, per fess sable and argent, two swords gules in saltire overall. The large medallions on either side of the bowl show f

Corinthian bronze helmet, from Celopek, Bulgaria. Thracian Civilization, 5th Century BC.

Helmet and Arm Guards 16th century Indian. Helmet and Arm Guards. Indian. 16th century. Steel, gold, copper alloy, brass, textile, metallic thread. Helmets

Burgonet ca. 1560 South German. Burgonet. South German. ca. 1560. Steel, leather, textile. Helmets

Breastplate with Folding Lance Rest and Fauld. German, Innsbruck; Mark: Michel Witz the Younger of Innsbruck. Date: 1540-1560. Dimensions: . Steel. Origin: Innsbruck. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

CASCO DE LA ARMADURA DE CARLOS V - SIGLO XVI. Location: PALACIO REAL-REAL ARMERIA DE MADRID. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sallet. German. Date: 1450-1470. Dimensions: H. 24.6 cm (9 3/4 in.). Steel. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Iron helmet of the medieval knight. Very heavy headdress

Historia. Siglo XIII. Yelmo con corona y escudo de Navarra, elemento de la armadura que protege la cabeza y el rostro del guerrero.

Armour Armour of the medieval knight. Metal protection of the soldier against the weapon of the opponent Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 2470290

Sande mask, second quarter of 20th century, 13 x 8 x 8 in. (33.0 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm), Wood, raffia, Sierra Leone, 20th century, A mask sometimes embodies ideals of physical and moral beauty or goodness. Here, the high forehead, downcast eyes, and elaborate coiffure suggest the pinnacle of female attractiveness among the Mende people. One of the very few types of masks worn by women in Africa, it accompanied young girls who had undergone initiation into the Sande association that prepared them for adulthood. The dyed raffia attached to the mask was part of a larger costume that would have entirely covered the dancer.

Half Armor for the Foot Tournament, c. 1590. Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572-93). Etched and gilded steel, brass rivets, leather and velvet fittings; overall: 31.7 x 27.7 x 21.6 cm (12 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.). This armor was designed for the foot tournament, an event that was separate from the equestrian jousts popularized during the Middle Ages and still favored among Renaissance aristocracies throughout Europe. Foot tournaments were commonly fought over a barrier that separated the combatants and gave protection to their legs, so a half-armor such as this one provided sufficient protection. The original owner of this suit would have worn it with colorful puffed and slashed britches and hose. The use of outlandish accessories, such as a large ostrich feather plume (a brass plume holder may be seen on the back of the helmet) and red velvet pickadils between the steel plates, provided additional splendor.

Iron helmet with silver inlaid, anonymous, 1600 - 1868 Iron helmet with silver inlaid, consisting of a forehead valve, an upper part that is divided into eight segments and a jealousy-shaped rear section. Japan iron (metal). textile materials Iron helmet with silver inlaid, consisting of a forehead valve, an upper part that is divided into eight segments and a jealousy-shaped rear section. Japan iron (metal). textile materials

Greek metal helmet, Olympia Museum, Olympia, Greece

Iron helmet of the medieval knight. Very heavy headdress

Knight armor

Iron helmet Iron helmet of the medieval knight. Very heavy headdress Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 5893774

Armour Armour of the medieval knight. Metal protection of the soldier against the weapon of the opponent Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 6496782

Helmet 18th-19th century Persian. Helmet 32131

SPAIN - Llanada Alavesa (district) - BASQUE COUNTRY - ALAVA. Vitoria, "Museo de Armas" (Arms Museum interior)

helmet. Bronze armour from Thrace. Greek period. 5th cent. BC>, Bulgaria.

Armour of the medieval knight. Metal protection of the soldier against the weapon of the opponent

Morion. Type of helmet, 16th century. Armoury. Grandmaster Palace. Valletta. Malta.

Tournament Sallet (Rennhut) with Buffe Made 1560-1610 Saxony. This type of helmet, called a sallet, was part of a complete jousting armor. Its buffe (lower face and neck guard) would be bolted down over the breastplate to bolster the jouster against heavy blows from an opponentís lance. The ensemble formed part of a group of locally made jousting armors that stocked the Duke of Saxonyís armory. Members of the dukeís court used them on festive occasions. Records show that they continued to be used for over three hundred years, long after most courts had abandoned the sport.. Steel, iron, brass, and leather .

'"Blank for a Seal Shaped Like the Bust of Yermak Timofeevich"'. Russia, Second half of the 19th century. Dimensions: h. 14 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Cuirass late 17th century Persian. Cuirass 31986

Corinthian bronze helmet from Roccanova, Basilicata, Italy. Ancient Greek civilization, Magna Graecia, 6th Century BC.

Drum 19th century probably Poto people. Drum. probably Poto people. 19th century. Rattan, wood, nail, hide. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Membranophone-single-headed / conical drum

Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand Made 1570-1610 Nuremberg. Steel and leather .

Burgonet Made 1550-1570 Southern Germany. Steel and black paint .

Armor in the style of the 15th century. Culture: Italian. Date: ca. 1450 and ca. 1850. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lobster-Tail Burgonet (Zischägge) ca. 1630-40 German The term Zischägge refers to a distinctive type of seventeenth-century helmet consisting of a hemispherical bowl, a brim with sliding nosepiece (nasal), cheekpieces, and a long laminated tail over the back of the neck. The German word is a corruption of the Turkish chichak, which refers to a similar helmet used throughout much of the Ottoman world.Unlike most Zischägge, which were relatively simple, this example has a finely fluted and ribbed bowl with a baluster finial at the top, and surfaces that are blued and gilt. It also has its original leather lining in the bowl, brim, tail, and cheekpieces.. Lobster-Tail Burgonet (Zischägge). German. ca. 1630-40. Steel, gold, brass, leather, textile. Helmets

Ohio, Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Austrian Heavy Cavalry (Cuirassier's) steel Armor, c. early 1600, glove detail.

Apulo-Corinthian helmets were not made in Greece much after 500 BC. When not in use, Greek soldiers pushed the helmets back over their heads.

Helmet Indian 17th-18th century

reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo helmet, a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered during the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. Buried around 625 AD. it is believed to have been the helmet of King Raedwald; for whom its elaborate decoration may have given it a secondary function almost akin to a crown.

Armour Armour of the medieval knight. Metal protection of the soldier against the weapon of the opponent Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 6496797

Two bronze helmets. Culture: Greek, Cretan. Dimensions: H. (1989.281.49): 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)H. (1989.281.50): 8 1/4 in. (21 cm). Date: late 7th century B.C..These helmets and the three mitrai exhibited below them are the finest pieces of a large cache of armor that came to light in southern central Crete, where it was undoubtedly made. The inscriptions suggest that the armor was captured as booty and offered as a dedication. In repoussé on both sides of one helmet is a pair of winged youths grasping a pair of intertwined snakes. Below them are two panthers with a common head. The helmet is inscribed "Neopolis." In repoussé on both sides of the other helmet is a horse; incised on each cheekpiece is a lion. The inscription states that Synenitos, the son of Euklotas, took this object. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Grandmaster s Palace, Valletta, Malta, Ausstellung historischer Helme. Valletta, Malta - May 12, 2024: A captivating display of historic helmets at the Grandmaster s Palace, showcasing the rich history of warfare. Copyright: xZoonar.com/www.artushfoto.eux 22441889

Helmet. Unknown

LA LECHERA-IMAGEN DE AZABACHE. Location: INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPANIEN.

Persian helmet with engraved elephant scene, 16th century, Álava Armory Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain

Begging figure on two stools. Beggar on two stools.

Black-and-White Field Armor. Northern German. Date: 1550-1570. Dimensions: H. 182.9 cm (72 in.). Steel with paint and leather. Origin: Northern Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Anglo-Saxon helmet part of the Sutton Hoo treasure excavated near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 1939. British Museum

Fireman's Helmet. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 35.7 cm (11 x 14 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene Bartz.

Hall with medieval armour, full plate armour from southern Germany, 16th Century, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Cartridge Box 1570-1600 Saxony. Wood, buckram, leather, and iron .

Helmet (Khula Khud). Culture: Iranian. Dimensions: H. including mail 27 in. (68.6 cm); H. including nasal 12 in. (30.5 cm); H. excluding mail and nasal 10 in. (25.4 cm); Diam. 8 in. (20.2 cm); Wt. 4 lbs. 10.8 oz. (2120.5 g). Date: first half 19th century.Despite the modernization of Iran's military in the nineteenth century, traditional armor continued to be manufactured. Its purpose, however, is uncertain: for military parades, as costume for religious or historical plays, or as romantic souvenirs for the tourist trade. This helmet, with its feline face and horns, features imagery inspired by Iran's national epic, the Shahnama (Book of Kings)--notably, the tiger-skin headdress and the horned ox-headed mace that were the distinguishing arms of the hero Rustam. Inscriptions in Persian refer to Rustam and several other heroes from the poem. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

German World War One (Stahlhelm) military helmet isolated on white background

Closed Helmet of Elements of Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers 1590-1620 Milan. Steel and gilding .

Roman helmet on head of Roman soldier

Newly authorized Air Force Combat Dive Supervisor and Diver pins issued for the first time, Oct. 20.

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Kettenhemd, Helm und Schwert. knight s armor, Old chain mail with a helmet and sword from the Middle Ages. Copyright: xZoonar.com/FernandoxGenzorx 22441767

The helmet and shoulder piece of a medieval knights armor

Knights armor, harness, around 1590, National Museum, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Soldier with Lance. Nevers, France. Date: 1675-1725. Dimensions: H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Glass; lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature; wood pedestal. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Half Armor. Culture: Probably Austrian, Innsbruck. Dimensions: Wt. 37 lb. 5 oz. (16.92 kg); Wt. of helmet 5 lb. 7 oz. (2466.4 g). Date: ca. 1560 and later. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Militaria, Prussia, 19th-20th century. Uniform of the Hussars, 1858-1915. Ninth Regiment lieutenant's jacket.

Ancient sabre Ancient sabre. A smart variant of the fighting weapon Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 5812424

Germany, Bavaria, Romantic Road, Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, Waffenkammer Shop, Display of Replica Medieval Armour

Gladiator isolated on white background. Gladiator with hammer isolated on white

Coif of the soldiers in the Middle Ages, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Gladiator with cleaver isolated on white

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