DOI issue:
Nr. 334 (March 1925)
DOI article:Teevan, Bernard: Helmets of five centuries
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19984#0241
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to this time were notably weak insofar as
defense of the neck was concerned. Before
the year 1400 the basinet was improved by
the addition of the visor, as shown in the
armet just described, and the substitution of
a steel collar for the camaille which placed
the weight of the helmet in part on the
shoulder. Then was developed a form called
a salade, from the German word for our
"shell." The one we reproduce shows how
.A-
I
GERMAN SALADE, FORGED OF SINGLE PIECE OF STEEL WITH SLOT
FOR VISOR
erally being the most complete disguise ever
conceived by man. From the viewpoint of
working with metal a basinet of this type is
an extraordinary piece of craftsmanship since
it is fashioned out of one piece of steel and o!
uniform thickness from lower edge to pointed
top. What is described as "the most beautifu
helmet devised by the art of the armorer" is the
type called armet a rondelle, the earliest style in
which the head and face were completely pro-
tected, leaving only a slotted opening for sight.
The pin on the side of the visor was placed there
so that the wearer might raise the visor to get
more air and also that he might be recognized,
this operation being performed with the back of
the right hand, a custom out of which grew the
military salute as we know it today. The metal
band at the lower edge of the armet with its row
of holes is there for the purpose of attaching the the idea of deflecting a blow away from the neck was
neck defence of metal links called the camaille, carried out by the spread-
ing lower part of the hel-
met. This salade, with its
slot for a visor, is also
forged from a single piece
of metal and is regarded
with the most profound
admiration for its work-
manship by armor pundits.
Its profiled view shown
here is markedly reminis-
cent of the helmets worn
by the German soldiers in
the recent World War.
Where European peo-
ples today play such varied
games as polo, tennis, golf;
JOUSTING HELMET THAT WAS BOLTED TO BODY ARMOR
this being the last type of
helmet with which the ca-
maille was used. This ar-
met serves to point out
that not a little of armor
knowledge is lost to the
world for the exact pur-
pose of the circular plate
attached to the rear of the
helmet is not known, al-
though it may be there as
a rest for the visor when
completely thrown back,
that being one way in
which the visor is shown
to work.
From the viewpoint of
protection all helmets up
JOUSTING SALADE
WITH ETCHED INITIALS
MARCH I925
Jive hundred one
to this time were notably weak insofar as
defense of the neck was concerned. Before
the year 1400 the basinet was improved by
the addition of the visor, as shown in the
armet just described, and the substitution of
a steel collar for the camaille which placed
the weight of the helmet in part on the
shoulder. Then was developed a form called
a salade, from the German word for our
"shell." The one we reproduce shows how
.A-
I
GERMAN SALADE, FORGED OF SINGLE PIECE OF STEEL WITH SLOT
FOR VISOR
erally being the most complete disguise ever
conceived by man. From the viewpoint of
working with metal a basinet of this type is
an extraordinary piece of craftsmanship since
it is fashioned out of one piece of steel and o!
uniform thickness from lower edge to pointed
top. What is described as "the most beautifu
helmet devised by the art of the armorer" is the
type called armet a rondelle, the earliest style in
which the head and face were completely pro-
tected, leaving only a slotted opening for sight.
The pin on the side of the visor was placed there
so that the wearer might raise the visor to get
more air and also that he might be recognized,
this operation being performed with the back of
the right hand, a custom out of which grew the
military salute as we know it today. The metal
band at the lower edge of the armet with its row
of holes is there for the purpose of attaching the the idea of deflecting a blow away from the neck was
neck defence of metal links called the camaille, carried out by the spread-
ing lower part of the hel-
met. This salade, with its
slot for a visor, is also
forged from a single piece
of metal and is regarded
with the most profound
admiration for its work-
manship by armor pundits.
Its profiled view shown
here is markedly reminis-
cent of the helmets worn
by the German soldiers in
the recent World War.
Where European peo-
ples today play such varied
games as polo, tennis, golf;
JOUSTING HELMET THAT WAS BOLTED TO BODY ARMOR
this being the last type of
helmet with which the ca-
maille was used. This ar-
met serves to point out
that not a little of armor
knowledge is lost to the
world for the exact pur-
pose of the circular plate
attached to the rear of the
helmet is not known, al-
though it may be there as
a rest for the visor when
completely thrown back,
that being one way in
which the visor is shown
to work.
From the viewpoint of
protection all helmets up
JOUSTING SALADE
WITH ETCHED INITIALS
MARCH I925
Jive hundred one