The great helm or heaume, also called pot helm, bucket helm and barrel helm, is a helmet of the High Middle Ages which arose in the late twelfth century in the context of the Crusades and remained in use until the fourteenth century. The barreled style was used by knights in most West European armies between about 1210 to 1340 AD and evolved into the frog-mouth helm to be primarily used during jousting contests.
Great helms were worn with cloth and fiber padding on the inside, here shown removed from the helmet.
Funeral helmet of the von Pranckh family, 14th century, with the crest of two bullhorns. (Side view)
The nasal helmet was a type of combat helmet characterised by the possession of a projecting bar covering the nose and thus protecting the centre of the face; it was of Western European origins and was used from the late 9th century to at least c. 1250.
Helmet of Saint Wenceslaus, Prague
The knight at the centre is wearing a flat-topped helmet. Murder of Thomas Becket, manuscript c. 1200