A Grenadier Helmet arround 1776 AWI

sugus78 · **Joined:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:02 am **Posts:** 3

Or other Helmets from this period of time, like a rider helmet in the time of 1776 (1st pic)

minfigCharmed · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:16 am

hm, that is a crazy helmet

Shadow Viking · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:54 am

I'm surprised Nappy hasn't commented on this yet...

beardurham · **Posted:** Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:09 am

They are normally refered to as Grenadier Caps, not helmets. They were introduced in the late 17th Century to make it easier to "sling your firelock" prior to using Grenades.

Dutch, Prussian(Brandenberg) and Danish seem to have the earliest ones. The Earliest patterns were more often made of Cloth not fur.

The British had just started using fur caps before the AWI started but the Hessians and other Germans were still using the cloth type. {:8

Balrog1910 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:44 pm

They're interesting... I like 'em!

Hikaro Takayama · **Posted:** Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:18 am

I'd like to second the suggestion for a Grenadier/Dragoon Helmet... Something along those lines would be perfect for a Steampunk type scenario as well as historical stuff.

khopesh97 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:33 pm

This is an excellent idea!

A Grenadier Helmet arround 1776 AWI

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