Upon entering World War 1 in 1917, the U.S. lacked its own standardized steel helmet for infantry in Europe, so troops were initially equipped with British- or French-pattern helmets to begin with.

STOCKTON, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, an artifact discovered by workmen on a riverbank in northeastern England in the 1950s has been identified as a tenth-century Viking helmet by ...

Divers off the coast of Sicily discovered a medieval battle helmet used during Spanish rule on the island. Screengrab of Soprintendenza del Mare's Facebook post Scientific divers off the coast of ...

HEDENSTED, DENMARK—Researchers have identified fragments of a Roman helmet dated to the fourth century A.D. among more than 100 weapons that were unearthed in Denmark last year at the site of an Iron ...