Gaulish felt armor

[Caturix]

Go here. This is a discussion about organic armor, at the bottom are pictures of vests of felt armor made by a Germanic Re-enactment group.

http://www.kelticos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=470

Ehemmm.... CELTIC reenactment group in that case, thanks... and the pictures are the same I posted here... actually the author of that post is me ;-) )

To Conal: the fact is that we have findings that testify the use of organic armors by Celts at least until Fourth B.C. (leaving the III B.C. Roquepertuse, because in fact I have read that the datation is uncertain)

I can see no reason for abandoning that kind of armor, considering that chainmail, without doubt used by III B.C. Celts, was something for the richest.

The use of chainmail too implies the existence of a "subarmalis"... and a felt armor is more ore less a thick subarmalis without a chainmail on it ;-) ) .

And however, I still think that Polybius describe a kind of protection.