Camail, platte ringen - wigvormige klinknagels, 8 mm Middeleeuwse sieraden This piece of chain mail

This piece of chain mail is made of chain mail rings with an inner diameter of 6 mm woven mixed round riveted rings and flat punched rings

Nowadays it is part of the Wallace Collection in London

Switzerland and on the Balkans

Durable and resisting hard impacts

It weighs 1450 g

Camail, platte ringen - wigvormige klinknagels, 8 mm Middeleeuwse sieraden This piece of chain mailAround 1320, the camail emerged a chainmail collar that was attached to the lower edge of the bascinet helmet and provided protection for the wearers neck. Camails featured a leather strip along the top edge, in which holes could be made to insert the vervelles (metal pins) of the helmet. A leather or waxed cord was then threaded through the vervelles, securing the camail like a collar beneath the helmet. The chainmail of these collars was often