Citations:browband

helmet piece

 * 2004, Michael P. Speidel, Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas, Routledge (ISBN 9781134384204), page 162:
 * A head-guard along the helmet&#39;s roof, with wires wound round, guarded the outside so that a sword could not harm him. ... Consisting of browband, fore-to-aft band, and ear-to-ear band, and held in place by a chin strap, ...
 * 2007, Johan Nicolay, Armed Batavians: Use and Significance of Weaponry and Horse Gear from Non-military Contexts in the Rhine Delta (50 BC to AD 450), Amsterdam University Press (ISBN 9789053562536)
 * As with later examples, the helmet from Pannerden has a conical crest knob mounted on to the bowl.The same applies to the crest ... The browband of a helmet from the River Waal at Nijmegen (211.8, fig. 4.8) consists of a laurel wreath ...
 * 2014, Malcolm Bell, Morgantina Studies, Volume I: The Terracottas, Princeton University Press (ISBN 9781400853243), page 157:
 * Dark green helmet with traces of gilding; pink aegis with gilding along border at bottom; pale pink humation, ... Wears Athenian helmet with high crest and large cheek flaps turned up; browband rises to a peak with flat underside.
 * 2019, Thomas Fischer, Army of the Roman Emperors, Casemate Publishers (ISBN 9781612008110), page 181:
 * It has a massive browband, cheek pieces, and a crest knob on the apex (now lost from the eponymous helmet). Three ownership inscriptions on the neck guard indicate a long period of use for the helmet. There is also a stamp with a palm ...