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Comparison of depictions of scale armor in Medieval Europe (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do we have much in terms of preserved armor from these areas and periods?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not so much. Iron rusts and falls apart with time, so most of our surviving examples are fragments, or later (15th century+) pieces.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Dang. No magically preserved desert examples