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Leather Great Helm
The great helm, also known as the "bucket helm" or "pot helm" is one of the scariest helmets in history. Basically, the helmet is a strong metal cylinder. Visor slits allowed a knight to see his opponents (although he couldn’t see all that well in there), and smaller slits near the center of the helmet give the wearer the nice option of actually breathing (as well as keeping the knight a little cooler. Can you imagine wearing a big metal can on your head in the middle of summer? You’d appreciate those holes too!).
These helmets were developed in the late 1100s and were especially liked by Crusading knights (see our Crusdader history for more information about the.....read more |
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