12/2/2023 0 Comments Early medieval helmets![]() In World War II, American, Soviet, German, Italian and French flight crews wore leather helmets, the German pilots disguising theirs under a beret before disposing of both and switching to cloth caps. In the early days of the automobile, some motorists also adopted this style of headgear, and early football helmets were also made of leather. Military applications in the 19th–20th centuries saw a number of leather helmets, particularly among aviators and tank crews in the early 20th century. Europeans in the tropics often wore the pith helmet, developed in the mid-19th century and made of pith or cork. Some British gamekeepers during the 18th and 19th centuries wore helmets made of straw bound together with cut bramble. Since the 1990s, most helmets are made from resin or plastic, which may be reinforced with fibers such as aramids. Helmets are used for recreational activities and sports (e.g., jockeys in horse racing, American football, ice hockey, cricket, baseball, camogie, hurling and rock climbing) dangerous work activities such as construction, mining, riot police, military aviation, and in transportation (e.g. ![]() ![]() The word helmet is derived from helm, an Old English word for a protective head covering. Soldiers wear combat helmets, often made from Kevlar or other lightweight synthetic fibers. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., a policeman's helmet in the United Kingdom) without protective function are sometimes worn. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ten different types of helmets with different design, materials, amount of head coverage, and accessories to provide maximum protection for specific use cases Cyclist wearing a bicycle helmetĪ helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head. In others we do not have such clear connections, but they help us to see the Bulgarian warrior from another point of view that represents him more „western” than was thought before.For other uses, see Helmet (disambiguation). Some of the presented armour can be connected to particular historical events. Available data lead us to think of weapon trade, foreign mercenaries, military clashes with enemies using Western European tactics, and in the end of the period with Crusades againt the Ottomans. Weaponry with western origin appeared in Bulgaria in different ways. This is typical for the 14th c., but we have indications for it in the second part of 12th c., even before the resurrection of the Bulgarian Kingdom. Obviously the eclectical warfare of the Bulgarian state characterised as a mixture of Balkan and Steppe military traditions was wide open for arms and armour with western origin. The conclusion is that armour and other weapons with Western European origin have far important appearance in the Second Bulgarian Kingdom than it was thought before. ![]() found in the fortress of Nicopole, and also mail „bishop’s mantle” and chapel de fer helmet from the first half of 15th c., found in Northeast Bulgaria. from the museum of Kardjali, coat of plates found in the Royal Palace of Tarnovgrad, dated from 20s to the 40s of 14th c., another coat of plates, probably from the first decades of XIV c. The presented finds include helmet from the fortress of Pernik from the second half of 12th c., helmet of the bascinet type found near Uzana from the second part of XIV c., a visor from another bascinet, kept in the Historical museum of Tyrnovo from the end of XIV c., helmet’s visor from the first half of XV c. These materials have analogies in museum collections, archaeological finds and art works from Central and Western Europe. In this article is presented foreign armour found on the territory of present-day Bulgaria. ![]()
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