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Sallet
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The sallet was a combat helmet that replaced the bascinet in Italy, western and northern Europe and Hungary during the mid-15th century. In Italy, France and England the armet helmet was also popular,
Light Italian celata (sallet) c. 1460, covered with velvet and decorated with repoussé gilt copper edging and crest
Light Italian celata (sallet) c. 1460, covered with velvet and decorated with repoussé gilt copper edging and crest
A German sallet with bevor, c. 1480–1490
A German sallet with bevor, c. 1480–1490
Sallet from c. 1460 in the "English-Burgundian" style, in many ways intermediate between the Italian and German forms
Sallet from c. 1460 in the "English-Burgundian" style, in many ways intermediate between the Italian and German forms
Main types of sallets: German (left), Italian (right)]
Main types of sallets: German (left), Italian (right)]
Close helmet
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The close helmet or close helm is a type of combat helmet that was worn by knights and other men-at-arms in the Late Medieval and Renaissance eras. It was also used by some heavily armoured, pistol-ar
Sallet
…skull. When the long tail at the rear of the helmet was eventually shortened, from c. 1495, these later sallets became virtually indistinguishable from close helmets, and the articulation of the bevor moved to the outside of the skull. The sallet was gradually abandoned for field use in the first quarter of the 16th…
French close helmet of the later split-visor type, c. 1555–1560
French close helmet of the later split-visor type, c. 1555–1560
German close helmet of the Maximillian type, with bellows visor, c. 1520
German close helmet of the Maximillian type, with bellows visor, c. 1520
Close helmet with grotesque visor (modern reproduction of a German helmet of c. 1520 style)
Close helmet with grotesque visor (modern reproduction of a German helmet of c. 1520 style)
A close helmet with a split visor (also with an extra pivoting peak), c. 1560 (notice that its bevor – secured by a strap – is attached to the same pi
A close helmet with a split visor (also with an extra pivoting peak), c. 1560 (notice that its bevor – secured by a strap – is attached to the same pivot as the visors)