Bevor

As Hauberk ( altd. = halsberc, also gorget ) is called the neck protective piece of armor of the medieval knight. The Hauberk put the Knights at first because the harness was fastened with straps on her. The helmet made ​​the final. He was provided with a rebate, and that linked him directly to the gorget or the annular collar, so that the head could be moved laterally. He also had chin piece and neck-guard, the former was fastened with a hook on the neck mountains and so kept the helmet. Chin piece, mouthpiece and visor pieces were jointly held by a screw on the helmet and fastened among themselves by hooks.

The omission of this hooking at a tournament cost Henry II, King of France, on July 10, 1559 life.

Further development after the Middle Ages

In the transition to the early modern period the Hauberk consisted continue to increasingly shrink in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries into a crescent-shaped breastplate with only a decorative purpose. These are found in both cuirassiers of the 18th and early 19th centuries as well as the military police of the Wehrmacht.

Others

Even the Assyrians knew a form of gorget. Their scaly armor were concluded with the so-called gurpīsu.