Enclosed helmet

Not to be confused with Close helmet.
Man in armour wearing a very well depicted enclosed helmet. 13th-century fresco showing a scene from "Iwein" by Hartmann von Aue in Rodenegg Castle, South Tyrol, Italy

The enclosed helmet,[1] also termed a primitive great helm or early great helm, was a type of Western European helmet of the late 12th and early 13th century. It was the forerunner of the great helm.

  1. ^ For use of terminology see Gravett, Plate D and p. 54