Non-commissioned officer's armor, circa 1570–1575 Three-quarter view

The officers marching at the head of their company or setting out to sea wore lighter suits of armor, which did not have leg plates and had an open helmet, like the cabasset you can see here. On this cabasset, you can see the significantly worn-down coat of arms alongside pictures of boars and wolves. To save money, the constitutive elements of these suits of armor: collar plates, breastplate, backplate, tassets, pauldrons, vambraces, and couters were often quickly founded and blackened, with only the relief bands being polished until white, which was a tedious task entrusted to a polisher.