Savoyard Helmet (Todenkopf)

c. 1600–20 Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.) Source image
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The term “Savoyard helmet” is used today to evoke the elite cavalry units formed by Charles Emanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1580-1630). Such helmets were designed principally to withstand and protect the wearer from shot from the powerful wheel-lock guns of the day, though their sec...

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