Morion (helmet)
（重定向自Cabasset）
![A Spanish conquistador comb morion (c. 17th century)](/Images/godic/202501/02/Spanish_Conqueror_Helmet1554.jpg")
![A late 16th century Italian cabasset, somewhat similar to the morion though it lacks the comb and has a taller crown, and is a different shape.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Cabasset1554.jpg")
![A member of the Swiss Guard with a black morion in the Vatican.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Rom,_Vatikan,_Soldat_der_Schweizer_Garde_21554.jpg")
![](/Images/godic/202501/02/René_d'Anjou_Livre_des_tournois_France_Provence_XVe_siècle1554.jpg")
A morion is a type of open helmet used from the middle 16th to early 17th centuries, usually having a flat brim and a crest from front to back. Its introduction was contemporaneous with the exploration of North, Central, and South America. Explorers like Hernando de Soto and Coronado may have supplied them to their foot soldiers in the 1540s.