In 1854, the region of Balaclava, located on the Crimean Peninsula, was fought one of the legendary battles of world history. The Crimean War fought Russian and English and not being one of the most important story is part Preferential this for different reasons. Among others, the most famous cavalry charge, the famous Charge of the Light Brigade.
The contributions that this battle has made the story reach into the world of fashion. Which in some English-speaking countries known as masks, half the world is a "balaclava". The image below will clarify what I mean and if you do an image search with this word in Google, you will see a number of photos that no doubt will. 
Why do you call this piece Balaclava? Simply because the garment was used by British soldiers in the war of Crimea against the cold whipping them. You could say that was part of the uniform. Not only protected, and protected from cold, but can be used in different ways, to cover the entire head, a hand, only the neck ... 
Since then, balaclavas are a very common piece in the First World War were essential to withstand the rigors of cold in the trenches. 
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