A wall mount assembly for suspending a helmet near a wall to provide the illusion to a viewer positioned so that the helmet is located between the viewer and the wall mount base that the helmet is floating without support. The wall mount assembly having at least one wall mount pad that may be moved relative to a wall side of the wall mount base to alter a tilt of the helmet relative to the wall side of the wall mount base. A helmet threaded element extending from the wall mount base and through a hole in the helmet receives an interior threaded element which may be advanced to secure the helmet to the wall mount base.