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[Tadius Danartus]

Tadius:

I like the cloth strap around your helmet's perimeter, what's the source of it?

Greetings :-D No real source I'm afraid - just one of personal interpretation :grin:
For two reasons: A) when raining the weave has the action of stopping water running down the eye pieces and acts to soak it up a little.
b) Recognition factor: Again I stress a personal view and one of pure conjecture on my part :wink: The debate of "uniformity " in the 4th C Roman army will rattle on way after this thread I'm sure, but to my way of thinking how dose one recognise your comrades in battle? If there was no uniform as such then perhaps unit marking and colours , Following shield patters for example might follow? Rather in the way as Cabollo says that football team wear their clubs colours...I call it "the same but different" approach to uniform recognition.
Also its may be the type of devise that perhaps was made within a Garrison by soldiers women or even sold around to local units by army sutlers - who knows.
I've actually now changed the weave to match the colours of my unit which is blue & red to match the shield.
I'm sure there's milage in this subject!! :?

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