02-25-2009, 04:58 AM
Quote:A rough translation of the thread from which those pictures were taken seems to state that the leather backing as seen there is a reconstruction, and not original.....but the corselet itself, beneath the scales is still clearly leather, as shown by the photos you posted in the other thread of the original partial pieces......
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
