Editing Balaclava (clothing) (section)

==History==
Similar styles of headgear were known in the 19th century as the ''[[Uhlan]] cap'' worn by Polish and Prussian soldiers, and the ''[[Templar]] cap'' worn by outdoor sports enthusiasts.<ref name="Chico">{{cite book |last1=Chico |first1=Beverly |title=Hats and Headwear Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia |date=2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-6106-9063-8 |pages=35–36 |chapter=Balaclava}}</ref><ref name="Rutt" />

The name comes from their use at the 1854 [[Battle of Balaclava]] during the [[Crimean War]], referring to [[Balaklava|the town]] near [[Sevastopol]] in [[Crimea]],<ref name="Games2007">{{cite book |last=Games |first=Alex |year=2007 |title=Balderdash & piffle: one sandwich short of a dog's dinner |isbn=978-1-84607-235-2 |publisher=BBC |location=London |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/balderdashpiffle0000game}}</ref> where British troops there wore knitted headgear to keep warm.{{r|Chico}} Handmade balaclavas were sent over to the [[British Army|British troops]] to help protect them from the bitter cold weather. British troops required this aid, as their own supplies (warm clothing, weatherproof quarters, and food) never arrived in time.<ref name="Shepherd">{{cite book |first=John |last=Shepherd |title=The Crimean Doctors: A History of the British Medical Services in the Crimean War |volume=1 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |year=1991 |pages=296–306 |isbn=9780853231073 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpCgkcvNiLcC&pg=PA296 |access-date=2019-08-15 |archive-date=2021-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216122423/https://books.google.com/books?id=HpCgkcvNiLcC&pg=PA296 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Richard Rutt in his ''History of Handknitting'', the name "balaclava helmet" was not used during the war but appears much later, in 1881.<ref name="Rutt">{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Rutt |title=A History of Handknitting |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fztUAAAAMAAJ&q=balaclava |publisher=Interweave Press |year=1987 |pages=134–5 |isbn=978-0934026352 |access-date=2021-12-09 |archive-date=2022-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210193829/https://books.google.com/books?id=fztUAAAAMAAJ&q=balaclava |url-status=live }} (Note that there is a misprint in the date of the Battle of Balaclava, which took place 1854, in the original edition cited here.)</ref>