THE HORNED HELMET - ROYAL ARMOURIES
18cm
Weight: 0.8583 Kg
Primary Colour: Silver
Secondary Colour: Brown
Primary Colour: Silver
Secondary Colour: Brown
One of the most mysterious objects in the Royal Armouries’ collection is the ‘Horned Helmet’, made for Henry VIII.
It formed part of a magnificent armour, commissioned in 1511 by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I as a gift for the young king, who would have worn the armour for court pageants rather than in combat.