H.R.Robinson Helmet Typology

[Peroni]

Oh yes, Marcos, there will always be your 'black spot', because we can never be sure that we have all the evidence. It's rather like studying fossils and looking for that elusive 'missing link'. Just because we haven't found it doesn't mean that it isn't there.

And I have recently seen photographs of that very 'missing link' helmet!! (cavalry, & as yet un-published) It's a real mix of styles and uses decoration seen on many infantry and cavalry helmets all on the one piece! It's a stonker!!