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"Given the longevity of mail if cared for, I suspect there would always have been mail cuirasses without breast- or backplates."
The well preserved mail shirt from South Shields would be a case in point, I would have thought.
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Ahhh, that type of breast plate....thats interesting info indeed!
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Paul,
the "backplate" (Junkelmann wright in his book "Reiter wie Statuen aus Erz" this singleplate could be a frontplate for "Kimmerische Gewänder", a textile cuirass) is just a single piece.
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Thanks- and does anyone have any tips on how to recreate one of these?
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In fact the right plate is that of the Bertoldsheim chain mail, it consists of one large plate (left) and a very narrow one (right)
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