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a metal cap to protect the skull and a metal projection to guard the

nose, while the Crusader helmet completely enclosed the head in

metal. By the mid-15

th

century, once gunpowder made full helmets

all but useless, smaller helmets became popular like the sallet that

protected the head and neck (Figure 7.3). During the 17

th

through

18

th

century, metal helmets became more highly decorated with long

tassels of colored hair sticking out of a spike on the top. By the mid-

19

th

century most metal helmets had given way to cloth kepi caps, but

they were revived in the 20

th

century during the First World War as

a defense against machineguns ...