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14th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers on

The Courtrai Chest

The town militias formed on the battlefield

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Line-up of the town militias. They are wearing the typical protective clothing consisting of a skullcap and a mail coif. In rare cases a mail hauberk was worn (these were very expensive) over a thickly padded gambeson. Most of the men wear gloves with mail on them. All are wearing a jupon with a uniform colour configuration according to what town or guild they belong to. The range of arms comprises pikes, plançon à picots, swords and falchions.