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[[Category:Medieval helmets]]
[[Category:Medieval helmets]]

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An early aventail guarded the wearer's head, neck, and chin between a mail shirt and a helmet.

An aventail is a flexible curtain of chainmail on a helmet, that extends to cover the neck and shoulders. The mail could be removed for cleaning or storage, and attached to the helm through use of a leather cord that was threaded through brass rings at the edge of the helm. Aventails were most commonly seen on bascinets in the 14th century and served as a replacement for a mail coif. Some aventails were decorated with edging in brass or bronze links, or dagged edges.

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