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A barbute (also termed a barbuta, which in Italian literally means "bearded", possibly because the beard of a wearer would be visible) [1] is a visorless war helmet of 15th-century Italian design, often with a distinctive T-shaped or Y-shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.
The first recorded European reference to a helmet's visor in the Middle Ages is found in the 1298 will of Odo de Roussillon, which speaks of a heume a vissere. [4] Whether this statement refers to a pivoting visor or a fixed faceplate is not clear; but by the early fourteenth century artistic depictions of moving visors appear quite frequently. [4]
The German sallet may have been the product of the melding of influences from the Italian sallet and the deep-skulled "German war-hat," a type of brimmed chapel de fer helmet. [3] Later Italian sallets (by c. 1460) lost their integral face protection and became open-faced helmets with gracefully curved surfaces.
Bascinet without accessories. The bascinet – also bassinet, basinet, or bazineto – was a Medieval European open-faced combat helmet.It evolved from a type of iron or steel skullcap, but had a more pointed apex to the skull, and it extended downwards at the rear and sides to afford protection for the neck.
The KH-B2000, [1] originally known as New Type Bangtan Helmet (Korean: 신형 방탄 헬멧; Bangtan is Korean for "anti-ballistic" or "bulletproof"), is a combat helmet developed by South Korea from 1997 to 2003.
The Coventry Sallet is a 15th-century helmet now on display at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. [2] English sallets have been considered both rare and important. [3]
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.