Spangenhelm

A surviving Spangenhelm, 6th century (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

The Spangenhelm, or segmented helmet, was a popular medieval European combat helmet design of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.[1] They are often contrasted with Eastern lamellar helmets.

  1. ^ From the German Wikipedia, in heraldry a different kind of helmet is known as a spangenhelm. The latter helmet was a fifteenth and sixteenth century tournament helmet style.