aventail flat rings wedge rivets 8 mm Sieraden the Wallace Collection in London

the Wallace Collection in London

This is the weapon of cavalrymen during the British Civil War

providing extra neck protection when charging at full speed with a lance

and can easily be adjusted to the correct size

6 mm thick untreated butted round rings with an inner diameter of 8 mm

aventail flat rings wedge rivets 8 mm Sieraden the Wallace Collection in LondonAround 1320, the camail emerged a chainmail collar that was attached to the lower edge of the bascinet helmet and provided protection for the wearer's 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