@shuckingfits submitted:
Good evening, I’ve been doing some research in Bohurt, and I came across a couple of fighters who have helmets styled in this fashion. I’m interested in making a Rus/Varangian Guard kit, but I’ve had trouble finding any historical evidence of this kind of helmet style (save for the Turban Helmet in the MET). I was wondering if perhaps I’ve missed something, or if this is a creative anachronism that people tend to overlook.
Ah! this is a great topic.
So, some Bohurt do wear this helmet, although usually paired with a lot of stuff that has no business being with this style helmet.
This style helm is known as the “Gorodets” Helmet, named after where the first fully intact example of this helm was found. A town near Novgorod.
It is also, less commonly known as the “Nikolskoye” or “Nikolskoie” Also named in honor of where another was found, near Oryol Russia, a few hundred miles south west of Moscow.
Since then many surviving examples of these helms have been found, they were popular with slavic soldiers operating under the Byzantine and ottoman empires, from the 12th century, all the way to the 15th century. Almost always paired with a chain drape, and accompanied by chainmail, yushman, or lamellar armor.
The picture you submitted is based off this reproduction piece, currently hanging in a moscow history museum
Thanks for the submission!
-Mod Close-Helm