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  2. Great helm - Wikipedia

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    Great helm. 13th century German great helm with a flat top to the skull. 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 ...

  3. Pickelhaube - Wikipedia

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    The Pickelhaube (German: [ˈpɪkl̩ˌhaʊ̯bə] ⓘ; pl. Pickelhauben, pronounced [ˈpɪkl̩ˌhaʊ̯bn̩] ⓘ; from German: Pickel, lit. 'point' or 'pickaxe', and Haube, lit.'bonnet', a general word for "headgear"), also Pickelhelm, is a spiked leather or metal helmet that was worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by Prussian and German soldiers ...

  4. List of combat helmets - Wikipedia

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    The earlier Helm Wz.2000 helmet came with a 3-point chin strap. The peak of the helmet is closer to the original US PASGT helmet than other European variants in that the peak has more of the lip of the PASGT than the European-style sloping peak. [38] Hełm wz. 2000: Poland: 2000: Polish Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Ukraine: Hełm wz. 93 ...

  5. Altyn (helmet) - Wikipedia

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    3.5-4 kg. Altyn (Russian:Алтын; named after '' Altyn '') is a titanium helmet developed in the Soviet Union and adopted by the KGB. Providing great protection to the wearer and equipped with an armored visor, it became popular with Russian Internal affairs and security services Spetsnaz units. These helmets are made by NII Stali.

  6. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship [3]: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve depending on the wheel's size and how much force is needed to turn it.) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a ...

  7. Icelandic magical staves - Wikipedia

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    Helm of Awe (or Helm of Terror); to induce fear, protect the warrior, and prevail in battle. [2] Angurgapi: Carved on the ends of barrels to prevent leaking. [citation needed] Brýnslustafir: For use on whetstones. [3] Draumstafir: To dream of unfulfilled desires. [3] Dreprún: To kill an enemy's cattle. [4] Feingur: A fertility rune. [3] Gapaldur

  8. Arms of Skanderbeg - Wikipedia

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    The helmet and the straight sword were placed in the Maximilian Hall (hall XXV, no. 71 & 92 respectively), whereas the curved sword found its way to the Karl V Hall (hall XXVII, no. 345). The weapons were separated by the curators of the museum, who were uncertain whether or not the swords indeed belonged to Skanderbeg.

  9. Gefechtshelm M92 - Wikipedia

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    See Variants. Specifications (Size II Helmet) Weight. 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) The Gefechtshelm M92 (or Gefechtshelm Schuberth B826) [1] is the standard issue combat helmet of the Bundeswehr, first fielded in 1992 as a replacement of earlier M1956 steel helmets that were previously used during the Cold War. It is made from Aramid composite materials and ...