Helm

No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.

See also: Helm in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

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Close Helm (1)

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown.

Close Helm (2)

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals. Artist unknown.

Close Helm (3)

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Corinthian Helm

Protective armor for the head. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Ajir Tsagaan.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Ajir Tsagaan.

Great Helm (1)

Armor for your head. Default orientation: upright, facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Baltischer Wappen-Kalender. Artist: M. Kortmann.
Source: Baltischer Wappen-Kalender. Artist: M. Kortmann.

Great Helm (2)

Protective armor for the head. Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: The Accedence of Armorie (From folio 102r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: The Accedence of Armorie. Artist unknown. (From folio 102r.)

Great Helm (3)

Protective armor for the head. Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Zurich Roll. Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Vémundr Syvursson.
Source: Zurich Roll. Artist unknown. Adapted by Vémundr Syvursson.

Great Helm Affronty (1)

Protective armor for the head. Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Great Helm Affronty (2)

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Helm Affronty

Protective armor for the head. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Two Tudor Books of Arms (Page 73). Artist: Robert Cooke. .
Source: Two Tudor Books of Arms. Artist: Robert Cooke. (Page 73.)

Horned Close Helm

Protective armor for the head. The close helm is a sixteenth-century style. Default orientation: affronty. (Most helms face to dexter by default, but horned helms are an exception.) No proper coloration.

Source: Arma Regni Poloniae. Artist: Unknown Illustrator (Herb of Helm, p. 84).
Source: Arma Regni Poloniae. Artist unknown. (Herb of Helm, p. 84.)

Kettle Helm Affronty

Protective armor for the head. Default orientation: affronty. (Most helms face to dexter by default, but kettle helms are an exception.) No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Morion Helm

Protective armor for the head. The morion helm is a sixteenth-century Iberian style. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Guillim’s Display of Heraldry. Artist unknown.

Norman Helm Affronty

Protective armor for the head. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

Ocular Helm Affronty

Protective armor for the head. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Turkish Helm

Protective armor for the head. Default orientation: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Adapted from a period example in the Met museum. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe. Adapted from a period example in the Met museum.

Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Elevated

Protective armor for the head. Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Inverted

Protective armor for the head. Default alignment: facing dexter. No proper coloration.

Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Jessimond of Emerickeskepe.

Close Helm (1)
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Close Helm (3)
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Corinthian Helm
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Great Helm (1)
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Great Helm (2)
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Great Helm (3)
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Great Helm Affronty (1)
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Great Helm Affronty (2)
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Helm Affronty
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Horned Close Helm
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Kettle Helm Affronty
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Morion Helm
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Norman Helm Affronty
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Ocular Helm Affronty
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Turkish Helm
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Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Elevated
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Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Inverted
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