Need advice with my Niederbieber helmet!

[Virilis]

Thanks, Lucianus! Fortunately a minor alterations to the hinges was enough to make the helmet fit much better. I was afraid that if I have to bend the brass more radically and many times it would break (I don`t have the tools at home to do annealing etc.).

In fact the cast brass pieces on the top of the helmet were easy to take off because they are attached with bolts underneath the bowl. This I did because I took off the "excess" shining of the helmet by "Scotchbrite" pads...