Un casco de tipo kettlehat o chapel-de-fer del s. XIII procedente de Kodasoo, Estonia

Jaak Mäll

doi:10.3989/gladius.2011.0005

A 13th-century kettlehat from Kodasoo, Estonia

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Jaak Mäll Estonian History Museum, Collection of Arms and Armour, Tallinn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/gladius.2011.0005

Keywords:

Helmet, Mediaeval, Kettlehat, Metallography, EDS analysis

Abstract

The oldest surviving helmet from Estonia is a 13th-century kettlehat found near village of Kodasoo in northern Estonia. Three samples from different parts of the kettlehat were investigated in a metallographic study. The raw material of the Kodasoo kettlehat was a slag-rich iron of heterogeneous carbon content. It was improved by folding and forge-welding it at least three times, resulting in layered structure with more uniformly distributed carbon content.

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Published

2011-12-30

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Mäll, J. (2011). A 13th-century kettlehat from Kodasoo, Estonia. Gladius, 31, 83–92. https://doi.org/10.3989/gladius.2011.0005

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Vol. 31 (2011)

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