Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Inscription identification of two Indian chainmail-plate armour (Zirah Baktar)

Richard R. · 25th February 2023, 12:16 PM

Hi, Dimitry

Thank you for the nice pictures of your mail-plate armour.

Apparently there are chainmail-plate shirts with two main front plates and those with two pairs of overlapping main front plates, as well as those with three or of five rows of small plates in the back.

I wonder if these differences have something to do with a time period, geographic area or the size of the wearer?

Richard

25th February 2023, 12:16 PM	#6
Richard R. Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 26	Hi, Dimitry Thank you for the nice pictures of your mail-plate armour. Apparently there are chainmail-plate shirts with two main front plates and those with two pairs of overlapping main front plates, as well as those with three or of five rows of small plates in the back. I wonder if these differences have something to do with a time period, geographic area or the size of the wearer? Richard