Battle-ready bascinet, 2 mm (battle-ready)

Product description

From 1330-1350 onwards, bascinets emerged with a flat visor that was attached to both sides of the helmet. This was probably a further development of the klappvisier bascinet.
This type of bascinet is depicted on grave monuments and other pictorial or sculptural sources from the 1340s. One of the earliest depictions can be found on the grave monument of Sir Hugh Hastings († 1347) in St. Mary’s Church in Elsing, Norfolk, England. As with originals, the visor's hinges are fitted with a steel pin, making the entire visor removable. Hinge systems like this were probably an Italian development.

This bascinet is based on several originals, such as a painting from 1407-1408 by Spinello Aretino, the fresco in the Affresco camera Pinta in Spoleto, Italy, and the manuscript "La prima deca" by Tito Livio, dated around 1373, which is nowadays held in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. This bascinet is fitted along its lower edge with vervelles to which a mail collar can be attached.

The maximum inner circumference is 68 cm, without helmet inlay. This helmet is fitted with inlay and a chin strap. If you want to wear extra padding, measure your head circumference while wearing it. The padded arming cap already attached to the inside of the helmet is usually sufficient. To create more space inside the helmet, the helmet inlay can be removed.