Savoyard helmet

A variant of the coat helmet developed in the late 16th century is called the Savoyard helmet . The name goes back to the December 1602 took place L'Escalade back in the Geneva such helmets of the Savoyard attackers looted. The Savoyard helmet consisted of an egg-shaped bell with a low crest that merged into a riveted neck visor, a slashing eyepiece visor with an eye visor , incised eye holes and a slit in the mouth, and a slender chin bar with a neck piece. Because of the often grotesquely designed visor, this type of helmet is also known as a skull helmet . It was in use until the second quarter of the 17th century with the heavy cavalry formed by cuirassiers and lancers . Particularly massive Savoyard helmets were used by sappers well into the 18th century .

literature

• Harry Kühnel (Ed.): Picture dictionary of clothing and armor. From the ancient Orient to the end of the Middle Ages (= Kröner's pocket edition. Vol. 453). Kröner, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-520-45301-0 .
• 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.