Sure, but a little imagination never hurt anyone (maybe). I really don't think that it matters who wore helms when, and about Gimli choosing a helm from Edoras' armory, mightn't he have done that to be polite to King Theoden, accepting it as a gift even though he had his own?
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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