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Hello.
My friends Pastor gives me an article about the materials booted from an shipwreck near Mallorca (Spain):
Cristobal Veny, “Nuevos materiales de Moro Botiâ€
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Salve Lucius,
Thank you and laus for the information on the three Roman helmets found in Spain. I just checked the article on Proquest's Periodicals Archive Online but sadly enough the relevant pages were corrupted in the online version of the article.
I have sent you a private mail with my email and would be very grateful if you could provide me with a scanned version of the article if possible.
Thank you!
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I have received the article on Friday - very interesting. Thank you and laus to Lucius.
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For anyone wondering which Gallic A they're similar to:
http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/
Did they have the knob on top?
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No, apparently the crest holder arrangement consisted of a simple rectangular metal plate bent to include two "tunnels" for a slide-on crest holder.
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Quote:No, apparently the crest holder arrangement consisted of a simple rectangular metal plate bent to include two "tunnels" for a slide-on crest holder.
Well, that in itself is important as I can't think of another example of a Gallic A with that type of crest holder. In fact,
two tunnels is a first for me. Thanks :wink:
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The drawing is not particularly clear with respect to the fact that there are TWO tunnels but the Spanish text says:
"En la cuspide de la cofia (...) se halla una plaquita rectangular de 40x60 milimetros la cual se ondula en el centro para dar lugar a la formacion de una especie de DOBLE tunel (...)"
I do not spear a word of Spanish but guessed that this may be referring to a DOUBLE tunnel.
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I think there are similar to those founded in some gallic g model. A rectangular plate with a depresed central zone that divides the zone in those 2 "tunnels"...
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Exactly what I have been thinking of for my Gallic 'A'!!
Excellent information people!
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Huge neckguard!!....thats one heck of a way of avoiding sunburn at sea- unless its an anti-seagull device......
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Maybe the neckguard here is the inspiration for the (in)famous Trooper??
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