Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Mitten gauntlet
A gauntlet with articulated transverse lames covering the fingers, rather than the fingers each being separately protected by a series of articulated plates. See also gauntlet.
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- Angon
- Frankish and Anglo-Saxon throwing spear. Has a long (6 ft) thin iron neck with a barbed head. Almost indentical to the Roman…
- Guard chains
- Chains which linked the breastplate with the sword, dagger and great helm to.
- Klappvisier
- A modern term for a globular visor worn in Germany in the fourteenth century to accompany the basinet; it only covered the…
- Yeamberren
- Wooden club with a large conical head
