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The sallet (also called salade and schaller) was a war helmet
Helmet

A helmet is a form of protective gear worn on the head to protect it from injuries, a variation of the hat. The oldest use of helmets was by Ancient Greek soldiers, who wore thick leather or bronze helmets to protect the head from sword blows and arrows....
 that replaced the bascinet
Bascinet

The bascinet was a Medieval European open-faced military helmet, typically fitted with an aventail and hinged visor. It evolved from the cervelliere....
 in northern Europe during the mid-15th century. Some sallets were close fitting except at the back of the head where they extended and formed a pointed tail.






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The sallet (also called salade and schaller) was a war helmet
Helmet

A helmet is a form of protective gear worn on the head to protect it from injuries, a variation of the hat. The oldest use of helmets was by Ancient Greek soldiers, who wore thick leather or bronze helmets to protect the head from sword blows and arrows....
 that replaced the bascinet
Bascinet

The bascinet was a Medieval European open-faced military helmet, typically fitted with an aventail and hinged visor. It evolved from the cervelliere....
 in northern Europe during the mid-15th century. Some sallets were close fitting except at the back of the head where they extended and formed a pointed tail. Some Italian ones followed the shape of the neck, and had an additional plate riveted on. Many sallets were worn with an extended, padded, gorget
Gorget

File:Gorget .pngA gorget originally was a steel Collar designed to protect the throat. It was a feature of older types of armour and intended to protect against swords and other non-projectile weapons ....
 called a bevor
Bevor

A bevor is a piece of plate armour designed to protect the neck, much like a gorget. A bevor can be made of a single solid piece or multiple articulated Lam? around the neck and chin....
 that protected the wearer's jaw. Some sallet versions have occularia in the form of a slit in a visor, some have this slit in the front of the helm, or even in the brim. Most sallets needed no breathing holes, as there was a natural gap where it overlapped the bevor near the wearer's mouth. Some Italian sallets had a "bellows visor" with breaths cut into the visor.

This helmet design contrasted with the barbute
Barbute

A barbute is a visorless war helmet of fifteenth century Italy design, often with distinctive "T" shaped or "Y" shaped opening for the eyes and mouth....
 which was popular in Italy at the same time. Unlike the sallet, the barbute itself protected the jaw and neck. So whereas the gorget or bevor were important counterparts to the sallet, they were usually absent in barbutes. Barbutes did not pivot. Sallets did not share the barbute's resemblance to classical Greek
Classical Greece

Classical Greece was a culture that was highly advanced and which heavilly influenced the cultures of Ancient Rome and much of the Western World....
 or Roman artifacts.

One characteristic that distinguishes early sallets from late sallets is the length of the helmet tail, which became more pronounced toward the end of the century. Some helmets are of intermediate design, incorporating elements of both the barbute and the sallet. In the early 16th century this evolved into the burgonet
Burgonet

The Burgonet helmet was a late medi?val/early modern world combat helmet. It was the successor of the sallet.It came into popularity towards the end of the 16th century....
.

The sallet is usually considered a German style of armour, and the WWI German Stahlhelm
Stahlhelm

Stahlhelm is German language for "steel helmet". The German Army began to replace the traditional leather Pickelhaube with the Stahlhelm during the World War I in 1916....
 was modelled after the 15th century sallet. The sallet is today the forefather of the modern combat helmet and that of firemens' hats.

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