Renaissance Store, USA: Padded Coif
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Description: Padded Coif
Source: The Renaissance Store
Specifications: polyester/cotton construction quilted lined with fibre fill
Posted: March 7, 2001

Notes: Coifs made their appears early in the 11th century, in the form of mail coifs which were either worn underneath the helms or worn alone. Some indications of civilian apparel incorporating the hood, made in fabric. Mail coifs eventually evolved to form the aventail of the helms in the 13th century. The fabric coif appeared during the same period in which it was worn underneath the helm and aventail.

Price:
$34.95 USD
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Availability:
2 - 6 weeks delivery
 Museum Replicas, USA: Arming Cap

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Description: Arming Cap
Source: Museum Replicas
Specifications: polyester/cotton construction quilted lined with fibre fill, comes with tie cord
Posted: March 5, 2001

Notes: Evidence of padded arming caps can be found during the 13th century when these were worn under the great helm. The arming cap was worn either over or under a mail coif. Another version of the same found at Wells Cathedral (c1230), depicts an arming cap with an additional roll of padding set about the brow of the wearer. This roll is intended to ease the weight of the helmet off the top of the head and spread the weight more evenly on the skull.

Price:
$30.00 USD
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Availability:
2 - 6 weeks delivery
 Alouette, Quebec, Canada: Truehearth Armouries, 14th Century Hat

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Description: Classic Kettle Hat
Source: Truehearth Armouries
Specifications: cold or hot-rolled steel 16ga mild steel
Posted: July 14, 2009

Notes: Kettle hats, although normally associated with the 13th century, made its first appearance in Europe during the 12th century. The kettle hat resembled medieval cauldrons or kettles, supported by scenes from the Maciejowski Bible (c 1250) showing them slung from the sides of carts in a similar way to cauldrons.

Two forms of this helmet existed, one was shaped and made like an upturned bucket of hoop-and-stave construction, however, this style did not outlast the 13th century. The other consisted of a round bowl, with a wide brim, sometimes in a single piece, but more often assembled from a number of plates riveted together, similar to the earlier spangenhelm. It is this style that is employed for the helms used by AEMMA. Kettle hats or helms style were actually decommisioned from the British army shortly after WWI.

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Availability:
4 - 8 weeks delivery