Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Helm, Great Helm
Helmet surrounding the whole head. Usually consist of 4-5 metal plates riveted together. Worn over a mail or a small steel cap.
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- Bec de Corbin
- Special type of a polehammer.
- Coif
- Hood of fabric or mail worn under a helmet. By the twelfth century it often incorporated a ventail.
- Crest
- A heraldic recognitive device fixed to the top of the great helm, introduced in the second half of the thirteenth and in wide use by the…
- Mitten gauntlet
- A gauntlet with articulated transverse lames covering the fingers, rather than the fingers each being separately protected by a series of…
