need info: swiss helmets
I need information and photos of the 1510/1520 Swiss helmets, in particular similar to those in drawing taken from osprey


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Re: need info: swiss helmets
Alberto P. wrote:
I need information and photos of the 1510/1520 Swiss helmets, in particular similar to those in drawing taken from osprey


Those are burgonets. We have an entire spotlight article on them: http://www.myArmoury.com/feature_spot_burgonet.html

Here's a thread that deals with early examples: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=10271
I know that is similar to burgonets, the problem is the time, I need to find a helmet Swiss 1510/1520
Hi,

try this - it's the biggest collection of contemporary drawings and woodcuts of Landknechts, I know:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=se...3&y=19

... here you can find tons of material, too:

http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de:90/2003/0285/0285.pdf

... and here's a link to an armourer, who is specialized in making very fine replicas of armour from the early 16th century:

http://plattner-siefert.de/

Regards

Martin
thanks for the information!

I was hoping someone would show me pictures of original or museum replica
Alberto,
There is really no such thing as a "Swiss" helmet in the period you ask about (1510-1520), the armour worn by the Swiss mercenaries (if any) would be from one of two major sources. Either North Italian or South German which were the two major areas were armour was mass produced and then sold all over Europe.

Helmets in use would be either the last form of the sallet (schaller)or the newly introduced Burgonet (Sturmhaube), the later was also known as a "Casquetel" in it's early North Italian form

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