lattice-guard

Updated: May 9, 2025

It fastened in front and was much higher behind than before, additioned protection for the back being provided by a lattice-guard which depended from the helmet and was made by fastening strips of sheet iron to leather or cloth. The helmet was usually of rivetted iron, but occasionally of bronze, with or without a peak in front.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era