Grand Bacinet
| Grand Bacinet | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Grand Bascinet, large basin hood |
| Use: | helmet |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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As Grand Bacinet also Great Bascinet is a late medieval visor helmet denotes that in Italy and Western Europe in 1400 from the Bascinet (z. B. a Hundsgugel ) was created.
description
A two-piece collar piece made of iron plates replaced the armor previously worn on the chin and neck . The Grand Bacinet was a completely closed helmet: the face was protected by a slanted rounded or edge visor and a one-piece or two-piece chin strap that could be removed. The Grand Bascinet comes in different shapes and versions.
literature
- Heinrich Müller, Fritz Kunter: European helmets from the collection of the Museum of German History. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. Military publishing house of the GDR , Berlin 1984.
