Word: burgonet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...steel headpiece, or morion, dates from 1575 and was worn in the state guard of Francesco de Medici, while the one of gold is a burgonet of 1550 from the Papal Guard. Both pieces represent the half century when the decoration of armor was most splendid without detracting from its defense...
...burgonet is more simply ornamented, having only radiating panels of gold patterened on black which leaves plenty of bright steel showing...
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