The Spangenhelm, or segmented helmet, was a popular medieval European combat helmet design of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. They are often contrasted with Eastern lamellar helmets.
A surviving Spangenhelm, 6th century (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Spangenhelm (iron), Migration Period - Museum of the Cetinska Krajina Region - Sinj, Croatia
Sarmatian warriors with Spangenhelms, Trajan's Column (around 110 A.D.)
warriors in the Kizil Caves, following the events of 552 Turk uprising and the subsequent Turk expansion. 2nd half of the 6th century AD. The helmet is a characteristic pear-shaped segmented helmet of the Turkic type.
The Late Roman ridge helmet was a type of combat helmet of Late Antiquity used by soldiers of the Late Roman army. It was characterized by the possession of a bowl made up of two or four parts, united
Spangenhelm
…Lamellar-Spangen helmets, like the helmet from a 6th-century boys grave, found under the Cologne Cathedral. A similar construction principle is found in the northern ridge helmets, a group, which includes Scandinavian Vendel Era helmets and Anglo-Saxon helmets, like the Coppergate Helmet or the Pioneer Helmet. Portions of this…
Roman ridge helmet (Berkasovo I), early 4th century AD. Made of iron and sheathed in silver-gilt, it is decorated with glass gems. From the "Berkasovo treasure", Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad (Serbia).
Ridge helmet of the Intercisa type, with a bipartite skull. It is missing its cheek guards
Late Roman ridge helmet (Berkasovo-type), found at Deurne, Netherlands. It is covered in silver-gilt sheathing and is inscribed to a cavalryman of the equites stablesiani.