Actually I think the flavor text on the helmet is an old movie reference. Also the mask of the third man originally belonged to a female.
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If you look at the color of the eyes on the third man on the little icon when it's in your inventory they're green, but when you're actually wearing it and a male wears the helmet they're blue. They only show up green on a female, I don't have any proof about the flavor text being a movie reference but a lot of weapons and armor sort of sound like movie references but I have no evidence for that.