From Encyclopedia
- Flambards
- See Flammards.
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Mace
- Metal ball attached to a wooden handle. All steel in the later times. Often a symbol of power.
- Ventail
- An integral flap of mail attached to the coif in the thirteenth century; it could be drawn across the mouth to protect the lower face.
