Morion (helmet)

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A morion (Spanish: morrión) (Catalan: morrió) is a type of open-faced combat helmet originally from Spain, used from the beginning of the 16th century to the early-17th century. The morion usually had a flat brim and a crest running from front to back. Its introduction was contemporaneous with European exploration of the Americas - explorers such as Hernando de Soto and Coronado may have supplied morions to their foot-soldiers in the 1540s.

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