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DISCONTINUED, and only a few left - Bascinets or great bascinets were the first helmets to be worn with complete suits of plate armour.
This Great Bascinet features:
Size: 670mm internal circumference (26")
Height:
280mm (11")
Weight:
3.3kg
Gauge:
1.6mm (16ga)
Combat ready handmade helmet comes with quilted padded webbing and leather chin strap already fitted. This is a very well designed and constructed piece. Unlike many other 'off the shelf' helmets available this one was actually designed for combat and is not just a thicker version of inferior collector helmets.
Combat score: 10 of 10
The great bascinet developed from the bascinet, a shorter, egg-shaped helmet, with the earlier mail protection for the throat and neck replaced with plates; the throat now being protected by an additional plate, while the back of the helmet's skull was extended to cover the neck. The face would have been protected by a detachable, rounded visor pierced with numerous holes for sight and ventilation.
This visor has hinges at either side, and the visor can be removed by pins.