Questions tagged [helmet]
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What is this military uniform from the 1870s?
This is a Tintype photo from around 1860 to 1870 time period. I don't know what country this comes from. The photo was discovered in the United States with a group of pictures tracing a German ...
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What is the name for the very first Polish state likely established around 966 by Mieszko I through baptism of Poland?
In the year of likely around 966, Mieszko I united all of the tribes occupying a part of today's western Poland through Christianization of it, therefore making Poland an official sovereign state (at ...
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How effective are rope helmets as protection?
I accidentally found this in some 15th century painting
in "The Arrest of Christ" in the "Karlsruher Passion"
from Master of the Karlsruhe Passion (Hans Hirtz?) "The Disrobing of Christ"
and after ...
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Why were helmets and other body armour not commonplace in the 1800s?
Before the widespread use of firearms, various kinds of plate armour were in widespread use. As muskets (and later, rifles) became widespread, full plate became less effective and fell out of use.
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