Dubbele middeleeuwse strijdvlegel Bestek & flesopeners and soldiers

and soldiers

a lightweight dress for warm weather

while the five-lobed pommel is richly decorated with knot motifs and other early medieval decorative patterns

Long chainmail shirts were called hauberks

and a ventilation hole in the shape of a Maltese cross

Dubbele middeleeuwse strijdvlegel Bestek & flesopeners and soldiersThis war flail is a replica of various medieval originals. In the Middle Ages, the war flail was developed from the threshing flail, a common agricultural tool. The war flail consisted of a wooden handle connected by a chain, rope, or leather strap to one or more striking heads. Various versionssometimes smooth, sometimes spikedspread from 10th century Eastern Europe westwards. Illustrations from the 15th to 17th centuries depict both large, two