06-06-2004, 04:50 AM
Brittanicus,<br>
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to the Adamklissi rider - that is a good point. I also often wondered if these guys (and bare headed riders on grave monuments) couldn't be wearing just these cavalry sports helmets of the so called Alexander typus, where the helmet itself displays a bare headed young man - there are so many of them and modern scholars like Junkelmann beleave that they could offer enough protection without obstructing the riders view. Often those helmets were not thinner than normal combat helmets and possibly could be worn in battle. The problem is, we cannot prove anything.<br>
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The same is with Your second example - Your photo shows the type of helmet that has been made by Toni Feldon, I think; there is yet another face mask helmet from the Getty Museum that displays Imperial Gallic or Italic helmet. Again it is not to prove if a rider on a monument, that obviously wears a typical cavalry combat helmet does not wear this type of face mask helmet.<br>
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On the other side nobody can exclude it.<br>
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Uwe <p></p><i></i>
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to the Adamklissi rider - that is a good point. I also often wondered if these guys (and bare headed riders on grave monuments) couldn't be wearing just these cavalry sports helmets of the so called Alexander typus, where the helmet itself displays a bare headed young man - there are so many of them and modern scholars like Junkelmann beleave that they could offer enough protection without obstructing the riders view. Often those helmets were not thinner than normal combat helmets and possibly could be worn in battle. The problem is, we cannot prove anything.<br>
<br>
The same is with Your second example - Your photo shows the type of helmet that has been made by Toni Feldon, I think; there is yet another face mask helmet from the Getty Museum that displays Imperial Gallic or Italic helmet. Again it is not to prove if a rider on a monument, that obviously wears a typical cavalry combat helmet does not wear this type of face mask helmet.<br>
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On the other side nobody can exclude it.<br>
<br>
Uwe <p></p><i></i>
Greets - Uwe
