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TIL that this style of helmet, called a szyszak in Poland, is derived from a Turkish design that got copied all around Europe during the 17th century. The style here is very similar to the no-frills thing used in the English civil war, so I sort of blinked when I saw this together with the fancy armour ☺

TIL that this style of helmet, called a szyszak in Poland, is derived from a Turkish design that got copied all around Europe during the 17th century. The style here is the no-frills thing used in the English civil war, so I sort of blinked when I saw this together with the fancy armour ☺