Battle-ready bascinet, 2 mm (battle-ready)

Product description

Between 1330 and 1350, bascinets with a flat visor attached on both sides of the helmet began to appear. This was likely a development of the hinged visor bascinet. This type of bascinet is depicted on tomb monuments and other visual or sculptural sources from the 1340s. One of the earliest examples can be found on the tomb monument of Sir Hugh Hastings († 1347) in St. Mary's Church in Elsing, Norfolk, England. As with the originals, the visor hinges are fitted with a steel pin, making the entire visor removable. Hinge systems of this kind were probably an Italian innovation.

This bascinet is based on several originals, including a painting by Spinello Aretino from 1407–1408, the fresco in the Affresco Camera Pinta in Spoleto, Italy, and the manuscript La prima deca by Tito Livio, dated around 1373, now held in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. The lower edge of this bascinet is fitted with vervelles to which a mail collar can be attached.

The maximum internal circumference is 68 cm, excluding the helmet liner. The helmet is supplied with a liner and chin strap. Should you wish to wear additional padded padding, measure your head circumference whilst wearing it. The padded cap already fitted inside the helmet is usually sufficient. To create more space inside the helmet, the liner can be removed.