ROMAN HELMET
SCA LEGIONARY

This helmet is designed to be an affordable "Roman-looking" helmet for SCA combat. The design was inspired by various iron Gallic helmets of the 1st C AD. It is not intended to be an exact copy of any authentic helmet type, but its relative simplicity is intended to keep the price reasonable.

It has a proper tenoned brow reinforce and proper rivet bosses, but instead of complicated embossing, it has stylized applique plates to represent standard features found on historical examples, and the neck guard is of riveted construction.

There have been a lot changes and improvements made to this helmet design over the years.  

A more accurate Roman helmet is also available, based on the Gallic J model.

Showing the standard version:
(Note that the newer version has a perf-plate insert in the ear area instead of the Y-bar shown here.  Patterns are always evolving.)














Showing a helmet that has been lightened somewhat for a combat archery role.  It has all 14 ga construction and 3/16" bars in the grill instead of the more usual 1/4".  It also has been chemically blued, which is an available option.  (Other than these modifications, it shows all of the pattern changes that are current as of the time of this writing.)



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Some custom variations can be found on THIS PAGE.

(Page updated 2-13-19)


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