Open Helmet Direct Small 250×320 Medium 501×640 Large 801×1024 Download Tiff Original 1878×2400 | (759.9 KB) Description "The helmet without bars, with the beaver open, standing directly fronting the spectator, denotes a knight." -Hall, 1862 Keywords armor, Armour, Beaver, direct, helm, helmet, heraldry, knight, open Galleries Heraldry, Charges Source: Hall, Arthur The Manual of Heraldry (London, England: J. S. Virtue & Co., 1862)