Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Gala
Sword with a carved wooden handle and no guard.
From Encyclopedia
- Annellet
- The small loops leading from quillions to the blade. Made to protect the finger wrapped over the guard.
- Bellows Visor
- A modern term for a visor with horizontal ridges,such as on 'Maximilian' German fluted armours of the early…
- Tassets
- Overlapping plates covering the joint of the haunch part in a full- armor.
- Verdun
- Long thrusting sword with a diamond or square-sectioned blade used in the 16th century.
