Yes, sir; said Willikins, buffing up die ceremonial helmet.

In May 2010 a rare ceremonial Roman helmet was discovered by an unnamed metal detectorist not far from a Roman road near the hamlet.

He had not yet donned his massive ceremonial helmet, crested with a winged bear, and his carefully curled grey locks hung to his shoulders.

The thing was a Roman ceremonial helmet, of the kind elaborated not for battle but for formal cavalry exercises, complete with face mask of chilling beauty.

At the Interior Ministry, where the transition ceremony will be held, soldiers wore white ceremonial helmets.

During the Middle Ages, many different military helmets and some ceremonial helmets were developed, almost all of these being made of metals.

Then another man stepped in from the side, an elderly man wearing a red woolen robe, sodden wet from the rain, and a ceremonial helmet decorated with horns.

There are a few Roman artifacts that support this, such as an elaborate ceremonial helmet, the Guisborough Helmet, but the theory remains unproven.

The man wore a complicated costume of dark red cloth, a vest of black metal strips, a ceremonial helmet contrived of black metal and black fabric.

The helmet is an example of a three-piece Roman ceremonial cavalry helmet, made of sheet iron covered with silver sheet and partly decorated with gold leaf.