Hi all, i was just wondering what would be the choice of helmet for a late 15 centuary german soldier.
The moust i have seen is sallet´s but i was wondering if it would work with a Barbuta?

Thanks in advance/ Mathias

depends on where you are. you really dont see that many barbutas outside of italy in paintings. mostly sallets and wide brimed kettlehats.

Maybe some early Morion, Cabasset, Burgonet and various types of Kettle Hats.

Barbutta until maybe 1480 and mostly only in Italy.

I would go with a kettle hat, like this one from White Rose Armoury:

http://www.whiterosearmoury.co.uk/for%20websi...%20021.jpg

My choice is the sallet. With that you'll be right in the period and it is a really confortable helmet. But be sure you choose a german sallet, not an italian one. it is simple, the italian one has a shorter tail and has a frontal piece attached to the peak.
You should better ask Francois L'Archevêque about that. he knows mostly everything you should know about 15th century helms.... He will probably read this thread anyway, so we'll wait to know what he has to say (O:

Given the large amount of armour made in Italy for export, so much so that theres a distinction made for "gothicized" Italian armours as being for the export market rather than for domestic consumption I wouldn't think that an Italian made sallet is out of the question especially in southern Germany.

A Barbuta is not present in any German period artwork. Neither Dürer, Burgkmaier, Altdorfer nor Cranach show a single Barbuta. I've never seen a Barbuta outside an Italian context.

As already mentioned Sallets and Kettlehats (sometimes these looked more like sallets since a lot of them feature eyeslits) were the preferred helmets of that time.
I don't think you'd see people wearing morions or even burgonets. These are definitely post 1500 helmets, aren't they?

Thanks for the answers guys, I have decided to go for a german sallet :)

german soldier german sallet.

That's so easy ...

I think these kinds of helmets are goods for a swiss or south german soldier :

-German visored sallet
-Italian export sallet
-Italian open sallet(almost a barbuta)
-Eyes slits kettle hat
-Kettle hat
-Kettle hat(with almost a german sallet's tail)
-Skull cap(with a very little tail)

I saw all theses helmets on german and swiss contemporary drawings. If someone have pictures of the Schilling chronicles, it would be helpfull.

Good call on the Luzerner Schilling!

Here's a a picture:

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There's a very good website on the Swabian War, unfortunately only in German but there are lots of scans from the chronicle mentioned above. Just click through the guide by starting here:
http://www.1499.ch/ausstellung/thema01.html