AN INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE SHIRT of small riveted rings, comprising a long-sleeved thigh-length shirt with flap collar, open up the front and involving small laminated plates at the back and, at the front, two large rectangular plates flanked by narrow ones shaped to the armpits (right one cracked), each of the larger plates carrying three transverse riveted fish-shaped bars holding rectangular loops for the fastening-laces (missing, surface rust throughout), 17th Century

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AN INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE SHIRT of small riveted rings, comprising a long-sleeved thigh-length shirt with flap collar, open up the front and involving small laminated plates at the back and, at the front, two large rectangular plates flanked by narrow ones shaped to the armpits (right one cracked), each of the larger plates carrying three transverse riveted fish-shaped bars holding rectangular loops for the fastening-laces (missing, surface rust throughout), 17th Century
31in. long

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