Mongolian and Chinese (oriental) helmets

This model of medieval Asian helmet is based on the paintings from the book “Jami al-Tawarikh” (Eng. "Compendium of Chronicles") of Persian historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, who expounded history of the Mongols in this book. We made slight changes in the helmet design, so now it is completely compliant to SCA standards and HMB. Medieval head protection has bar-grill visor, which is attached to the peak, and neck plate for protection of the back part of the neck. Distance between the rods is about 2 cm (less than 1 inch). Two rondels on the both side provide with additional protection for temples. Mail aventail braids bar grill visor, so face is completely covered, though vision ...

Tatar-Mongolian helmet of the XII-XV centuries is a real piece of art, made by artisans of Steel Mastery. Among numerous archaeological findings on the Southeast of Asia, there were spherical conical helmets with iron masks. Such masks had weird hawk-nosed faces and specific drop-shaped eye shape, wide eyebrows and antrorse moustache. Some researchers suggested that masks had simply fake character and were not used during the battle. Other historians considered that such helmets were belonged to warriors of Ancient Rus. However, M.V. Gorelik proved that helmets with facemasks were related to protective Mongolian body armor. Anthropological type, which is depicted on the mask, resounds “...