french bascinet Fantasy helmen An inscription was engraved on

An inscription was engraved on the brass edge:

This knife is made of stainless steel

conical helmets were called “sugarloaf” helmets because their shape resembled a loaf of sugar

The bronze bracelet is decorated with Old-Irish motifs

This Viking brooch is a replica of a 9th-10th century original excavated at the Viking town of Birka

french bascinet Fantasy helmen An inscription was engraved onThe great bascinet was developed from the early 15th century. Its main advantage over the traditional bascinet is that it is equipped with a neck guard, providing extra protection for the neck, although an aventail (camail) was not always necessary. Bascinets like this offered extensive protection and were used both on the battlefield and in jousting. This bascinet consists of three parts: the helmet, the visor, and the chin guard. Both the visor and