comprising helmet (coif), of heavy rings of D-section wire alternating with solid rings of near square-section wire, fitted at the top with a small iron rondel, a flap covering the face-opening, extending over the upper chest and the upper back, mail and lamellar shirt, open at the front, of dense mesh over the chest, extending to the thigh and with a pair of full length arms, fitted with two pairs of large plates each with four hasps for closure, and a pair of additional plates on each side, one plate with an inscription, back with three columns of downward-lapping scalloped and additional side plates, mail and lamellar arm-defence formed of seven rectangular plates, a moulded curved wrist-plate with an additional plate either side, extending over the hand, and full length trousers (small losses), complete with a rare pair of iron shoes, each drawn-out to a point at the tip: on a mannequin with glass base (the mail with small losses and restorations), 175.0 cm high

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A34