JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
There are a half-dozen posts on this blog showing what soldiers wore and carried with them into battle, mostly in WWI and WWII. This addition to that series is more along the lines of what they didn't carry, though someone at some point was thinking about this sort of protective gear for the fighting French. The only thing that really made it out alive from this drawing was the helmet, and the puttes.
[Source: Scientific American Supplement #2166, July 7, 1917.]
What I find striking about this image is that, though it doesn't bear much relation to what soldiers were wearing at Verdun, it's not at all unlike what their ancestors were wearing at Crecy and Poitiers.
Swap the helmet and mask for a bascinet and the army boots for a pair of metal sabotons and he's ready for the 14th century, like this guy:
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Posted by: Chris Hunt | 23 March 2016 at 10:20 AM