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8th October 2023, 06:23 PM | #1 |
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Missed ?
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8th October 2023, 06:28 PM | #2 |
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8th October 2023, 07:05 PM | #3 |
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Upright now .
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8th October 2023, 07:07 PM | #4 |
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Both .
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9th October 2023, 11:56 AM | #5 |
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So ... Gentlemen; no comments ?
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9th October 2023, 03:17 PM | #6 |
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9th October 2023, 04:08 PM | #7 |
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Agreed. Assembled fairly recently from old already rusted scrap steel using modern rivets and hinges. What did the auction describe it as ?
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9th October 2023, 08:16 PM | #8 |
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Hi Joe,
Welcome to the forum. Pictures of the inside of the helmet and the rivets especially would tell a lot. Could you please put these up when you have a chance. Regards, Ken |
10th October 2023, 09:02 PM | #9 |
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Sorry, have been busy. The auction listed it as Iron helmet 8-11 Cent AD. It was purchased in Germany.
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11th October 2023, 11:42 AM | #11 |
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I'm surprised that the auction described it as such. Given that if genuine it would be a very rare and expensive thing. For comparison the Yarm helmet . UK.A river find in the 1950s , Doubts were initially raised about its authenticity due to its rather crude construction and its suspicious resemblance to a well documented German example. Now accepted as genuine. The material is wrought iron with a phosphorus content . 1 to 2 mm thick. Note the flat head rivets.
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