Product description
Around 1320, the camail emerged — an aventail that was attached to the lower edge of the bascinet helmet and provided protection for the wearer’s neck. Camails featured a leather strip along the top edge, in which holes could be made to insert the vervelles (metal pins) of the helmet. A leather or waxed cord was then threaded through the vervelles, securing the camail like a collar beneath the helmet. The chainmail of these collars was often attached to a padded gambeson collar, offering additional neck protection and greater comfort. Camails were commonly worn until the mid-15th century.
This chain mail aventail is made of 1,6 mm thick zinc-plated butted round rings with an inner diameter of 8 mm. It can be attached to the helmet with a 4,5 cm wide leather strap. The length of the strap is 54 cm. It weighs approx. 3,5 kg.
