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Reproduction armor at the DeSoto National Memorial

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	The burgonet, the successor to the earlier salet, was a simple helmet also often accompanied by a bevor. The bevor is a piece of armor separate from the helmet worn to protect the neck and face.
	Detail of decorative embossing on a steel shield.
	Detail of chain mail (or maille).
	Detail of chain mail (or maille).
	Detail of chain mail (or maille).
	A gambison, padded jack, or arming coat was a type of light padded armor, made from linen or wool, worn either by itself or under heavier plate or maille armor.
	Foreground: a collection of polearms and an early firearm. Background: a collection of armor including a burgonet and bevor.
	A cabasset, a type of military helmet worn by infantry.
	A different example of a cabasset, a type of military helmet worn by infantry.
	A steel buckler, a small light shield.
	A collection of arms and armor which includes: two pikes (a type of heavy spear), a burgonet and bevor (head and face armor), a gambison (padded body armor), and maille sleeves.
	A burgonet (helmet) and a bevor (neck and face armor) showing the detail of the brass embellishment.
	A collection of armor including a burgonet (helmet), a bevor (neck and face armor), a gambison (light padded body armor), and maille sleeves.
	Detail of poleyn (knee armor) and cuisse (thigh armor) connected by articulated lames.
	Cuisse (thigh armor) and poleyn (knee armor) with articulated lames.
	Cuisse (thigh armor) and poleyn (knee armor) showing the detail of the articulated lames below the knee.
	The backplate of a cuirass, armor made to protect the torso.
	Arm armor: rerebrace (upper arm), couter (elbow), and vambrace (forearm), with articulated lames.
	Arm armor: rerebrace (upper arm), couter (elbow), and vambrace (forearm), with articulated lames.
	The breastplate of a cuirass, armor made to protect the torso.
	Gauntlet with articulated lames.
	Gauntlet with articulated lames.
	A cabasset, a type of military helmet worn by infantry.
	A pauldron, shoulder armor made from articulated lames later replaced by spaulders.
	The side view of a gauntlet.
	The side view of a gauntlet.
	A pauldron, shoulder armor made from articulated lames later replaced by spaulders.
	Detail of a pauldron showing the riveted articulated plats of metal or "lames" which allow shoulder movement.
	Gauntlet detail showing the range of movement afforded by the use of articulated lames to cover the fingers.
	Detail of the couter, the piece of arm protection made to protect the elbow.

 

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