Nijmegen Helmet

Nijmegen Helmet
Material	Iron, bronze, brass, silver
Created	First or second century AD
Discovered	Around 1915 Waal river, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Present location	Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen

The Nijmegen Helmet is a Roman cavalry sports helmet from the first or second century AD. It was found around 1915 in a gravel bed on the left bank of the Waal river, near the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The helmet would have been worn by the élite Roman cavalry. The head portion of the helmet is made of iron, while the mask and diadem are of bronze or brass. The helmet provides neck protection via a projecting rim overlaid with a thin bronze covering plated with silver. The diadem features two male and three female figures.

Several other Roman sports helmets have also been found in or near Nijmegen.^[1]