Niedermörmter helmet reconstruction

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Jeffrey and I discussed the reproduction helmet with the Niederbieber cheekpieces mentioned above with a thought of adding similar cheekpieces. In fact that's what I ordered at first. Yup Evan, that's a very cool looking helmet.

Unless there is a third custom version of this helmet out there - this is it.



After much research Jeff made a strong argument in favor of the cheek pieces you see now. I'll let him make that argument when he has time. What I like about working with Jeffrey is that if I chose to get the Niederbieber cheekpieces he would have made it just as good. I listened to his reasoning and it made more sense than simply looking cool so as I wanted to have what is most likely the original style of cheekpieces for this helmet, perhaps the last version of its type, I asked him to add what you see. Now, as we all know cheekpieces were replaced and Roman helmets were sometimes retrofitted with the latest ideas of head protection, so I may in the future ask him make me a set of cheekpieces more similar to the Niederbieber than the traditional Weisenau types.

Here's a Niederbieber with a cheekpiece more like mine that we used as a guide.



I'm not saying we are 100% certain and everyone else is wrong, only that for us it made sense and there is room for alternate views on the subject.

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Here's the helmet making it's debut at the Penn Museum of Archaeology.



And unless a person acts like an idiot, generally anyone can try it on for size.



Some wore it for quite a while.



I'd say about 200 heads have tried it on so far as I received it late in the school year and yes, some thought it a bit heavy.