coventry sallet Romeinse - Viking - middeleeuwse tassen Decorated drinking horns are depicted

Decorated drinking horns are depicted on several early medieval artworks

In the early Roman army

or pot helms

Around this period many gentlemen wore a rapier for self-protection and as a fashion accessory and status symbol

7 cm and weighs approx

coventry sallet Romeinse - Viking - middeleeuwse tassen Decorated drinking horns are depictedThis sallet is modeled after an example from 1460. Today, the original is part of the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry, England. The sallet was a very popular helmet because it offered good protection while maintaining a relatively wide field of vision. By the mid 15th century, a regional variant of the sallet emerged in England and the Low Countries, known as the English Burgundian style. Fully armored soldiers typically wore it with a