List of protective weapons up to 1900
This list of protective weapons includes protective weapons from the Stone Age to the end of the Victorian Age . The weapons of protection listed here include armor, helmets and shields.
A.
- Armpit (armor)
- Adaga
- Adarga (Spanish shield)
- Ailettes
- Old Iranian helmet
- Anime (armor)
- Bump cap
- Apulian-Corinthian helmet
- Armet
- Arm stuff
- Asmat shield
- Assyrian pointed helmet
- Ayar
B.
- Bachteretz armor
- Baju band
- Baju Empurau
- Baju Lamina
- Baju Rantai
- Baluse
- Barbuta
- Baru Lema'a
- Baru Oroba
- Basin hood
- Greaves (armor)
- Legwear
- Benty Grange helmet
- Bishop collar
- Bogu
- Bolo helmet mask
- Bornu armor
- Boiotian helmet
- Breaker disc
- Breaking shield
- Brewster body shield
- Brigantine (armor)
- Glasses helmet
- Chest piece with spring mechanism
- Brünne
- Buckler (fist shield)
- Humpback helmet
- Temple helmet
- Bum'Bere Tofao
- Burmese arm protection
C.
- Cabasset
- Caetra
- Cassis (military)
- Cetratus (weapon)
- Chalcidian helmet
- Chalcidian helmet, Iberoceltic special form
- Chimalli
- Chinese palace guard armor
- Chinese horse harness
- Clipeus
- Chochin-Kabuto
- Coppergate helmet
- Crinet
- Crista (helmet)
- Crosby Garrett helmet
- Custodian helmet
D.
- Dange
- Dastar Bungga
- Dendra armor
- German visor helmet
- Dilge
- Dō (Kendō)
- Dōmaru
- Three-disk plate armor, type Alfedana
E.
- Boar tooth helmet
- Eboshi-Kabuto
- Monkshood (helmet)
- Iron shoe
- Elbow tile
- English monkshood
- Etruscan crested helmet
F.
G
- Gagong
- Galea (helmet)
- Galerus
- Gambeson
- Blinded horse forehead
- Closed balaclava
- Closed helmet
- Batches
- Gjermundbu helmet
- Bell armor
- Gothic plate armor
- Grand Bacinet
- Grere'o
- Guisborough-Theilenhofen (helmet) ( Roman Parardehelm from Theilenhofen )
H
- Shark date
- Collar
- Hampang Hampang
- Hanburi
- Haramaki
- Hara-Ate Thu
- Harnisch (also Harnasch)
- Hari Bashi Kabuto
- Hatomune-Thu
- Hellenic pilos helmet
- Helmet Alexis I.
- Helmet from Kovali
- Helmet from Poiana Cotofenesti
- Skanderbeg's helmet
- Yaroslav Vsevolodovich's helmet
- Tsar Michael I's helmet
- Helmet Jacob I.
- Ciumesti helmet
- Filottrano helmet
- Sutton Hoo helmet
- Heraldic helmet
- Hersenier
- Brain dome
- Hoguine
- Hoplone
- Horo (shield)
- Hoshi Kabuto
- Hotoke Thu
- Henry VIII's horned helmet
- Doggugel
I.
- Illyrian helmet
- Indian armored hood
- Indian rail armor
- Indian horse harness
- Inuit armor
- Iranian horse forehead
- Ishilangu
- Italian arm shield
- Italian balaclava
- Italian helmet with fillet type Filottrano
- Italian pilos helmet
J
K
- Kabuto
- Kaji Kabuto
- Kalijawo Malampe
- Kalijawo Malebu
- Combat glove
- Kanta
- Cap helmet
- Karuta Kabuto
- Cassidion
- Chest chest
- Katabira
- Katapu
- Caucasian helmet
- Kawagasa
- Kawari Kabuto
- Kekutsu
- Chain well
- Chain armor
- Chin bar
- Flap armor
- Klebit bok
- Kliau
- Klibanion
- Buttonhole vest
- Koboshi Bashi Kabuto
- Kôgake and Kusari tabi
- Piston tournament helmet
- Korean leather armor
- Corinthian helmet
- Koryak armor
- Kote (armor)
- War armor
- Kiribati coconut fiber armor
- Crocodile shell
- Jug (armor)
- Krupper
- Kulah Khud
- Kulah-Zirah
- Kurabit
- Cuirassier boots
- Küriss
- Kusazuri
L.
- Lamellar helmet
- Lamellar armor
- Lazer Helmets
- Leather coat (armor)
- Leather armor
- Light Chinese armor
- Linen armor
- Lombu Lombu
- Lentner
- Lolo armor
- Lorica Hamata
- Lorica Plumata
- Lorica segmentata
- Lorica Squamata
M.
- Madu
- Maedate
- Mamelieres
- Manica (weapon)
- Manjiyuwa
- Mask helmet
- Medicine Shield
- Men (Kendo)
- Menpo
- Mere
- Mughal armor
- Momonari Kabuto
- Mongolian cone helmet
- Mongolian dome helmet
- Montefortino type helmet
- Morion
- Moro horn helmet
- Moro armor
- Muscle armor
N
- Nagegama
- Nanbandō
- Nasal helmet
- Nata knife
- Ndome (shield)
- Ned Kelly armor
- Negau helmet
- Newstead helmet
- Niederbieber (helmet)
- Nodowa
- Norman shield
O
P
- Panoply
- Tank from Ksour Essef
- Papuan bark belt
- Parade armor
- String work shirt
- Parma (weapon)
- Patagonian animal skin armor
- Timpani
- Papua New Guinea rattan armor
- Pavese
- Pectorals
- Persian round shield
- Peurise
- Peurise awe
- Peurise Teumaga
- Phrygian-Chalcidian winged helmet
- Phrygian helmet
- Picenian disc armor
- Pickelhaube
- Pikeman glove
- Gun shield
- Plate armor
- Record skirt
- Po (shield)
- Polish zischägge
- Pour point (armor)
- Pugnum
R.
- Caterpillar helmet
- Racing hat
- Ribchester helmet
- Riefel armor
- Ring collar
- Roman parade helmet from Theilenhofen
- Horse harness
- Horse forehead
- Rotella (round shield)
- Roman horse forehead
- Russian Targe
- Russian half mask helmet type IV
- armor
- Armor for the butt tournament
- Armor for the real gesture
S.
- Salawaku
- Sappenpanzer
- Sapper helmet
- Sassanid helmet
- Savoyard helmet
- Savoyard Burgonet
- Schaller
- Pubic capsule
- Shin guards
- Shield (weapon)
- Shield boss
- Shield fetter
- Schuberth helmets
- American Civil War protective vest
- Scale armor
- Heavy double shoe
- Scutum (protective weapon) , Roman shield
- Sikkim and Bhutan armor
- Sindh armor
- Sipar
- Sod (armor)
- Spangenhelm
- Late Roman helmet
- Spider helmet
- Piercing and racing gear
- Streiftartsche
- Balaclava (helmet)
- Sudanese horse harness
- Sudan armor
- Suji Bashi Kabuto
- Sune-Ate
- Tail protection
T
- Takula Tofao
- Talawang
- Tameng
- Tandu Tandu
- Tankō
- Tare
- Tartsche
- Tassettes
- Tatamidō
- Tatar balaclava
- Tenugui
- Tete Naulu
- Thādo Kuki
- Thureos
- Tibetan horse armor
- Timbei
- Tlingit war helmet
- Tlingit coin armor
- To-Kin
- Barrel armor
- Top (helmet)
- Pot helmet
- Toraja brass helmet
- Tōseigusoku
- Toupha
- Tournament armor
- Turkish-Persian Gorget
- Trabai Temiang
- Harness
- Pith helmet
- Chukchi armor
- Turkish horse harness