Reconstructing a 6th c. Baldenheim spangenhelm

[Theodosius the Great]

Thank you for responding, Vortigern

I was thinking along the same lines. There's another spangenhelm that was found in Bulgaria which dates to roughly the same period but is of comparable ornateness.

It seems difficult to find a type of helmet that the higher ranks would have worn at the turn of the 5th-6th centuries. I'm thinking that ridge helmets were dropping out of vogue, so that leaves spangenhelms (which would continue well into the Middle Ages). So, the example I cited seems to be my best bet for the moment.

~Theo