Encyclopedia of historical weapons - German Reitschwert
See Backsword.
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- Cabasset
- Open-faced helmet with a specific almond shaped top (also called a pear shape) with a little point. Most popular with foot…
- Elbow gauntlet
- The cuff of this gauntlet reaches the elbow, replacing both the lower cannon of the vambrace and the couter.
- Locking gauntlet
- Gauntlet with overlapping little plates fastened to a pin on the wrist.
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
