Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Backplate
Plate armour defence for the back.
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- Bellows Visor
- A modern term for a visor with horizontal ridges,such as on 'Maximilian' German fluted armours of the early…
- Lammellar
- Form of armor. Consist of small metal plates stitched together.
- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Sallet
- Helmet with (usually) a hinged visor and a long tail for protecting the back of the neck. Comes in many forms. In England known as a …
