The Weirdest and Fiercest Helmets from the Age of Armored Combat

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The Weirdest and Fiercest Helmets from the Age of Armored Combat

Source: http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-weirdest-...rmor-510686611


Toothface helm by an unknown Italian artist from the 17th century

If you're going to go into battle wearing a full suit of metal armor, you'd better do it in style. Here are some of the most amazing (and bizarre) helmets you've ever seen, from the age of knights and swords.

Frog-mouth helm (or Stechhelm)



It was used by mounted knights between the 14th and 17th centuries.






Bascinet from the 14th and 15th century








Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head, c. 1475-1480



The earliest surviving example of a Renaissance armor all'antica. The outer shell of the steel helmet was made of embossed and gilt copper.


An oil-painted sallet from Germany, c. 1500


Worn by lower class men-at-arms.


Bird Man Helmet from the early 16th century




The Horned Helmet, Innsbruck, Austria, 1511-1514



Part of a suit of armor presented by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to Henry VIII, made by Konrad Seusenhofer.




Closed helmet with mask visor, by Kolman Helmschmid in Augsburg, Germany, c. 1515



Grotesque human mask-like visors were really popular in Germany and Austria in the early 16th century.






Grotesque ones from the early 16th century






The Maximilian armour



These early 16th century German plate armours were first made for the Emperor Maximilian I.

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Burgonet of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Milan, c. 1532-35




The ceremonial and parade helmets of Charles V


Desiderius Helmschmid, c. 1540


Desiderius Helmschmid, c. 1540


Filippo Negroli, 1533


Kolman Helmschmid, c. 1530


Filippo and Francesco Negroli, 1545


Filippo and Francesco Negroli, 1545


Burgonet with Falling Buffe and scenes of battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs, c. 1555


Probably made for Henry II of France, but passed as a gift to the Medicis.


Burgonet, created in a Venetian workshop in the late 1550s




Helmet in the form of a sea conch shell, 1618, Japan




A German or Italian Savoyard Helmet, c. 1620-1630








Don't want to meet him




A French face-protecting expermiental helmet from the WWI, invented by Dr. Pollack, a medical officer





Based on the M15 Adrian helmet, used by the French Army during the war.


A sniper from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the WWI

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Brewster Body Shield



This chrome nickel steel armor was developed for the US Army in WWI by Dr. Guy Otis Brewster. It could withstand Lewis Gun bullets at 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s), but it was really heavy (40 lb or 18 kg).


A rattan armor from Sumbawa, Indonesia