Germany (?) / c. 1400–1450
Hauberk
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Hauberk as arms and armor (Germany (?) · c. 1400–1450).
Mail was expensive to make and generally only available to warriors of noble birth unless it could be obtained as war booty.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this arms and armor as steel and brass rings, riveted with modern buckles and straps.
The museum's collection notes: Mail armor was the predominant form of metal body defense for European knights until about 1350. The term derives from the Old French word maille (mesh), implying a protective textile. Each mail garment was constructed of small linked metal rings and "woven" for a specific part of the body. Mail for the torso is a hauberk and typically reached mid-thigh.
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