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Schaller
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To do with a piece of body-armour
Context (in a novel): "...im nächsten Moment nahm der General seinen Helm ab. [Er] ließ seinen Schaller geschmeidig emporgleiten."
I've been able to find Schaller only as a surname.
I've been able to find Schaller only as a surname.
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Im Verlauf der ersten Hälfte des 15ten Jahrhunderts entwickelt sich aus dem Eisenhut, der jahrhundertelang der wichtigste und beliebteste Helmtyp des Bewaffneten zu Fuss war, der Schaller.
http://www.diu-minnezit.de/realie_details.php?rid=321&lid=0&...
The sallet (also called salade and schaller) was a war helmet that replaced the bascinet in northern Europe and Hungary during the mid-15th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallet
http://www.diu-minnezit.de/realie_details.php?rid=321&lid=0&...
The sallet (also called salade and schaller) was a war helmet that replaced the bascinet in northern Europe and Hungary during the mid-15th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallet
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