ABSTRACT
The most elaborate surviving Celtic helmet, was discovered in an old channel of the River Seine, at Amfreville, in 1861. The crown is bronze and the bronze neck-guard is riveted to it. The base was covered by two iron openwork hoops infilled with enamel, and a central hoop of embossed bronze with a sheet of gold hammered on to it. It is possible that the burial of a Celtic warrior has been inserted into a native vault; on the other hand the finds may represent the grave goods of a Celtic chieftain who had adopted an Italian way of life. A pair of cheek-pieces belonging to a helmet of a type similar to that from Canosa is probably of Italian origin. The crest is probably of local origin, and recalls the similar bird-crest on a warrior’s helmet shown on the Gundestrup cauldron.
