Coolus helmet

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Development of the legionary helmet or galea
Montefortino Coolus Imperial Imperial Gallic Imperial Italic

Bronze Gallic helmet, Coolus-Manheim-type; From the region of Tongeren, Belgium; Now in the Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels.

The Coolus helmet was a type of ancient Roman helmet. It was produced from brass and, like the Montefortino type with which it co-existed, was a descendent of Celtic helmet types.

It was fairly plain, except for some ridges or raised panels on the cheekpieces. It was globular or hemispherical in shape (some were spun on a lathe rather than hammered to shape) with a turned or cast soldered- or riveted-on crest knob.

The Coolus was replaced by the Imperial helmet type, a more developed form also derived from a Celtic original.

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Helmets

Extant ancient
helmets

Helmet of Agighiol, Benty Grange Helmet, Coppergate Helmet, Helmet of Coţofeneşti, Coventry Sallet, Crosby Garrett Helmet, Guisborough Helmet, Hallaton Helmet, Helmet of Iron Gates, Meyrick Helmet, Newstead Helmet, Nijmegen Helmet, Helmet of Peretu, Pioneer Helmet, Ribchester Helmet, Sutton Hoo, Waterloo Helmet

Military

Ancient	Attic helmet, Boar's tusk helmet, Boeotian helmet, Chalcidian helmet, Coolus helmet, Corinthian helmet, Galea (helmet), Illyrian type helmet, Imperial helmet, Kegelhelm, Late Roman ridge helmet, Montefortino helmet, Negau helmet, Phrygian helmet, Shmarjet

Medieval and Early Modern	Armet, Barbute, Bascinet, Burgonet, Close helmet, Enclosed helmet, Frog-mouth helm, Great helm, Hounskull, Kabuto, Kettle hat, Lobster-tailed pot helmet (zischagge), Morion (helmet), Nasal helmet, Sallet, Secrete (helmet), Spangenhelm

Modern	Adrian helmet, Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH), Brodie helmet, CG634, Enhanced Combat Helmet (Australia), Enhanced Combat Helmet (United States), Flight helmet, JK 96 helmet, Lightweight helmet, M1 helmet, M1C helmet, Danish M1923 helmet, Greek M1934/39 helmet, Bulgarian M36 helmet, Iraqi M80 helmet, Mk III helmet, Mk 6 helmet, Mk 7 helmet, Modèle 1951 helmet, Modèle 1978 helmet, Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), Paratrooper helmet, Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT), Pickelhaube, SPECTRA helmet, SSh-60, SSh-68, Stahlhelm, Type 66 helmet