sallet
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thumb|right|250px|Light Italian celata (sallet) c. 1460, covered with velvet and decorated with repoussé gilt copper edging and crest
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thumb|right|250px|Light Italian celata (sallet) c. 1460, covered with velvet and decorated with repoussé gilt copper edging and crest
The sallet (also called celata, salade and schaller) was a combat helmet that replaced the bascinet in Italy, western and northern Europe and Hungary during the mid-15th century. In Italy, France and England the armet helmet was also popular, but in Germany the sallet became almost universal.
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