Jay Garrick's helmet

Jay Garrick's Helmet is what Jay Garrick uses as his superhero identity, The Flash. It is said by Harrison Wells that helmet was made to give people hope to which Jay agreed with.

History
The helmet first belonged to James Zolomon which he used in the War of the Americas, one night his young son Hunter came downstairs and caught him abusing his wife, James spotted him and gave him his Helmet and forced him to watch him murder his mother.

Years later when Hunter obtained super speed and broke out of prison, he became a 'speed demon' known as 'Zoom', then he time traveled and used a time remnant to take on the persona 'Jay Garrick' and became 'The Flash', he used the helmet as part of his costume to give people false hope.

After 'Jay's' death at the hands of his future self, the helmet remained on Earth 1, where it was kept on display to honor him. After finding out Zoom's real identity they kept the helmet to keep Barry motivated and for Cisco to 'Vibe'.

Soon Hunter was defeated by Team Flash and they freed the Man that Hunter kept locked up, revealing him to be the real Jay Garrick and a doppelganger of Henry Allen. Jay added the Helmet to keep giving hope to people who see him as a hero and to take something away from Hunter.

Appearances
Season 1
 * "Fast Enough"

Season 2

 * "Flash of Two Worlds"
 * "The Darkness and the Light"
 * "Welcome to Earth-2"
 * "Escape from Earth-2"
 * "King Shark"
 * "Trajectory"
 * "Flash Back"
 * "Versus Zoom"
 * "Back to Normal"
 * "The Race of His Life"

Trivia

 * In the comics whenever Jay's Helmet fell off when he was running, Jay would vibrate his face to hide his identity.