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2. Roman Armour
400BC - 400AD
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3. Worn by Roman Legionaries. Replaced old chain mail armour
Worn by Roman Legionaries. Replaced old chain mail armour. Made up of dozens of small metal plates, and held together by leather laces.
Lorica Segmentata
100AD - 400AD
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4. Worn by Roman Officers as protection for the lower legs and knees
Worn by Roman Officers as protection for the lower legs and knees. Attached to legs by leather straps.
Roman Greaves
?BC - 400AD
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5. Used by Roman Legionaries
Used by Roman Legionaries. Handle is located behind the metal boss, which is in the centre of the shield. The boss protected the legionaries hand. Made from several wooden planks stuck together. Could be red or blue.
Roman Shield
100AD - 400AD
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6. Worn by Roman Legionaries. Includes cheek pieces and neck protection
Worn by Roman Legionaries. Includes cheek pieces and neck protection. Iron helmet replaced old bronze helmet. Plume made of Hoarse hair.
Roman Helmet
100AD - 400AD
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7. Soldier on left is wearing old chain mail and bronze helmet
Soldier on left is wearing old chain mail and bronze helmet. Soldiers on right wear newer iron helmets and Lorica Segmentata. All soldiers carry shields and gladias’.
Roman Legionaries
400BC - 400AD
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8. Used as primary weapon by most Roman soldiers
Used as primary weapon by most Roman soldiers. Was used as a thrusting weapon rather than a slashing weapon
Roman Gladias
400BC - 400AD
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9. Worn by Roman Officers. Decorations depict muscles of the body
Worn by Roman Officers. Decorations depict muscles of the body. Made out of a single sheet of metal, and beaten while still hot into shape
Roman Cuiruss
?- 400AD
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10. Chain Mail Armour
400BC AD
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11. Worn by Vikings, Normans, Saxons and most other West European civilizations of the time. Chain mail is very light, flexible, and yet still provides very good protection against most melee weapons. Chain mail is made by shaping tiny strips of metal into circles and then joining each circle with four others. Many thousands of tiny inter-linking metal rings our needed for just one suit of mail. See Chain Mail Coif.
Hauberk with Mail Coif
800AD AD
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12. Worn as protection for the lower abdomen. Later worn under plate armour. Also seen, Maximilian leg armour.
Chain Mail Skirt
1150AD AD
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13. Worn with Great steel helmet and under helmet for head protection
Worn with Great steel helmet and under helmet for head protection. Suit made entirely of thousands of tiny inter-linking metal rings.
Full Suit of Chain Mail
Armour
1200AD AD
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14. Worn as protection for the head, neck and upper chest
Worn as protection for the head, neck and upper chest. Sometimes worn under helmet and/or breastplate.
Chain Mail Coif
1100AD AD
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15. NOTE: Surcoats are worn over armour to deflect desert sun rays.
Worn by European Crusaders during the early crusades. Armour made up of full suit of chain mail, chain mail coif and Great Steel Helmet.
Crusador Armour
1200AD AD
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16. Worn by Norman soldiers around the time of the battle of Hastings
Worn by Norman soldiers around the time of the battle of Hastings. Armour includes chain mail hauberk, skull cap helmet with nose piece and a tall Calvary kite shield.
Norman Armour
1000AD AD
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17. Transitional Armour
1200AD AD
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18. Includes greaves, pauldrons and large knee plates
Includes greaves, pauldrons and large knee plates. Armour is decorated with brass edges.
Transitional Leg Armour
1250AD AD
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19. Includes Pig-faced helmet, chain mail coif, chain mail arm protection, studded leather breast plate, plate mail gauntlets and transitional leg armour. Armour is decorated with brass edges.
Transitional Armour
1200AD AD
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20. Transitional armour is that armour that was worn during the period of transition form chain mail to plate mail. Early transitional armour contained mostly chain mail and some plate mail, but later transitional armour contained mostly plate mail and some chain mail.
Transitional Armour
1200AD AD
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21. Early breast plate made up of several plates
Early breast plate made up of several plates. Armour decorated with brass edges.
Multi-Plate Breast Plate
1250AD AD
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22. Plate metal helmet with pointed skull cap and hinged visor with thin eye slits and long, pointed mouth piece.
Pig-Faced Helmet
1200AD AD
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23. Made of a piece of hard, thick leather shaped to fit the chest
Made of a piece of hard, thick leather shaped to fit the chest. Small metal studs are added to give extra strength.
Studded Leather Armour
1200AD AD
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24. Includes a mix of chain mail and early plate mail arm pieces
Includes a mix of chain mail and early plate mail arm pieces. Gauntlets are very large plate mail gauntlets with articulated finger plates. Armour is decorated with brass edges.
Transitional Arm Armour
1200AD AD
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25. Plate mail Armour
1400AD AD
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26. Worn as an undercoat to plate mail armour
Worn as an undercoat to plate mail armour. It Provides extra protection and cushioning of blows, and stops the armour rubbing the body.
***** Jacket
1000AD AD
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27. These gauntlets have several plates to protect each individual finger
These gauntlets have several plates to protect each individual finger. Other gauntlets only have one or two plates to protect all four fingers.
Plate Mail Gauntlets
1400AD AD
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28. Page 4 Full Plate Mail Armour
Plate mail armour is the most advanced type of armour. It consists of dozens of metal plates of various sizes all shaped to fit a certain part of the body. Eg. upper thigh, shoulder, head, etc. Under a suit of plate mail is worn a quilted jacket called an *****. (See **** for more info.) Onto certain places of this jacket are sewn sections of chain mail. This chain mail serves to protect the areas of the body that are difficult to cover with plates. Eg. the back of the knee, or the back of the elbow. Each plate is made out of a single piece of metal, by heating it and then beating it into the correct shape. The Plates are kept on by leather straps. Many plates are joined together with rivets. This allows for much of the flexibility of the armour.
Full Plate Mail Armour
1400AD AD
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29. Shown here are the plates that make up the protection of the back half of the body. They include the helmet, the back plate, shoulder plates, arm armour, gauntlets and the greaves.
Full Plate Mail Armour
1400AD AD
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30. Helmet includes dual thin eye-slits, large hinged mouth piece, holes for breathing and a large metal crest on the top of the skull cap, mainly for decoration.
Plate Mail Helmet
1300AD AD
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31. Includes full plated leg protection and large, round ended plate mail sabatons.
Plate Mail Leg Armour
1350AD AD
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32. Milanese Armour
1400AD AD
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33. Milanese Full Suit, Front
Milanese armour was an early type of plate mail. It included early developments such as chain mail sabatons, chain mail skirt, non-finger gauntlets, lack of plated neck armour, and an early ‘T’ faced helmet.
Milanese Full Suit, Front
1400AD AD
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34. Side view of a slightly later suit of Milanese armour
Side view of a slightly later suit of Milanese armour. Includes later developments such as fully plated sabatons and tassets.
Milanese Full Suit, Side
1400AD AD
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35. Cuiruss includes two-piece breast plate, armpit guards, fauld of four lames (waist protection) and tassets. Cuiruss held together by leather straps and rivets.
Milanese Cuiruss
1400AD AD
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36. Early hand gauntlets didn’t usually include separate finger pieces, instead they had a single plate. Such is the case here.
Milanese Gauntlets
1400AD AD
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37. Similar to the Great Helm
Similar to the Great Helm. The ‘T’ shaped gap allows good vision and air circulation. Was a fairly primitive helmet with no visor. Upper part of helmet is shaped so that sword blows will glance off.
Milanese Helmet
1400AD AD
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38. Gothic Armour
1400AD AD
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39. Gothic armour was an intermediate type of plate mail armour
Gothic armour was an intermediate type of plate mail armour. It includes fully plated gauntlets, sabatons, neck armour, skirt and armpit guards. The armour includes a small amount of fluting, which is prevalent in maximilian armour.
Full Gothic Armour
1400AD AD
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40. Helm includes bare skull cap, hinged protruding neck pieces, and single thin eye slit. Helmet has no neck or lower chin protection. Helm does not include mouthpiece.
Gothic Helmet
1400AD AD
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41. Gauntlets feature a single finger piece which is shaped like individual finger plates. The gauntlets also include a separate thumb piece, and a long, fluted vambrace overlap.
Gothic Gauntlets
1400AD AD
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42. The Back plate connects to the plate mail skirt at the bottom and is overlapped by the shoulder plates at the top. Back plate is partially fluted in the centre.
Gothic Back plate
1400AD AD
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43. Gothic breast plate is made of several plates, and is fluted near the armpit and neck. Also seen; shoulder plate and armpit guard.
Gothic Breast Plate
1400AD AD
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44. Gothic single piece undecorated greaves
Gothic single piece undecorated greaves. Sabaton has a very long pointy thing at the end.
Gothic Greaves
1400AD AD
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45. Maximilian Armour
1500AD AD
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46. Full suit of Maximilian armour
Full suit of Maximilian armour. Armour has small ridges called fluting, for decoration and also for extra protection. Maximilian armour is a very advanced type of armour.
Full Maximilian Armour
1500AD AD
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47. Gauntlets are worn over thick leather glove
Gauntlets are worn over thick leather glove. Gauntlets shown are non-finger gauntlets.
Maximilian Gauntlets
1500AD AD
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48. Protected the back and connected to the shoulder plates.
Maximilian Back Plate
1500AD AD
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49. Legs were protected by sabatons, greaves, articulated knee plates with side wings, and cuisse.
Maximilian Leg Armour
1500AD AD
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50. Advanced Maximilian arm armour includes elbow piece shaped like a “pikeman's pot” helmet.
1500AD AD
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51. Helmet includes fluted skull cap and hinged visor with rather odd eye slits.
Maximilian Helmet
1500AD AD
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52. Greenwich Armour
1580AD AD
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53. Greenwich armour was a very advanced type of armour
Greenwich armour was a very advanced type of armour. It included the use of advanced finger gauntlets, multi-piece pauldrons, advanced vambrace guards, multi-piece plated skirt, multi-piece cuisses and a ‘spanish-style’ breast plate.
Full Greenwich Armour
1580AD AD
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54. Leg armour includes advanced fully-articulated sabatons, single-piece greaves, knee-guard wings and multi-piece cuisse.
Greenwich Leg Armour
1580AD AD
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55. Includes articulated cavalry tassets, ‘Spanish-style’ breast plate, multiple rerebrace plates, single piece vambrace and elbow guards.
Greenwich Body Armour
1580AD AD
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56. Greenwich helmet with hinged visor. Includes neck plates.
1580AD AD
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57. Advanced finger gauntlets with long vambrace overlap.
Greenwich Gauntlets
1580AD AD
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58. The Credits
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59. Plate Mail Armour
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60. Man and Horse Armour
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