Hamburg and Archaeology: Chain Mail

Foto: AMHMiddle Ages

Hamburg Archaeological Museum
Hamburg, Germany

This chain mail from the Hansa Harbour on the Veddel in Hamburg is evidence of war-like times. The chain mail shirt is more than 600 years old and served a soldier as an arrow-proof vest.

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Title: Hamburg and Archaeology: Chain Mail
Creator: Foto: AMH
Date: Middle Ages
Location: Hamburg-Veddel
Provenance: Archäologisches Museum Hamburg Stadtmuseum Harburg|Helms-Museum
Type: Chain Mail Fragment
Medium: Iron, Eisen

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