German visor helmet

A German visor helmet is a type of helmet from the early 16th century .

It is a helmet that extends to the base of the neck with a short, pushed-on neck protection. The German visor helmet is a hybrid form and further development of the Italian Armet and German Schaller and was worn with the Riefel armor . It can be made as a simple visor helmet, but also as a so-called larva helmet that simulates a human face.

literature

Yearbook of the Art History Collections in Vienna. Vol. 37, 1977, ISSN 0258-5596 , pp. 139, 156.

Web links

German historical museum - technical terms - German visor helmet

Individual evidence

↑ Auguste Demmin : The historical development of war weapons from the Stone Age to the invention of the needle gun. A handbook of armory. Seemann, Leipzig 1869, p. 300, illustration 160.

[1] Auguste Demmin : The historical development of war weapons from the Stone Age to the invention of the needle gun. A handbook of armory. Seemann, Leipzig 1869, p. 300, illustration 160.