His beard was short.

The whole contour of the face was noble in the extreme.
In battle he wore a helmet of bronze closely fitting the head, behind which projected a curved metal plate covering his neck.

A band of gold surrounded the helmet; in front were five laurel leaves in steel; at the temples two leaves of the lotus of the same metal.

On the crest, rising from an ornament enriched with pearls, was a large plume of feathers, sometimes red and sometimes white.

A tuft of white horsehair fell from the plate behind.