ARMOURED PIKEMAN…
DAY 7
I spot the reflections in the shiny steel.
Pikemen wear steel half-armour of back and breast plates with tassets and a morion (steel helmet).
The weight is about 18 lbs (8.16 KG). They are armed with swords and pikes.
The latter would originally have been 18 feet long but for reasons of practicality 12-foot pikes are used today.
Musketeers wear a buff sur-coat and wide-brimmed felt hat.
They are armed with a match-lock musket and rest and wear a leather cross belt, from which are suspended 12 wooden powder flasks known as apostles.
Seventeenth century marches and music are provided by the Company’s own drums and fifes.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
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ARMOURED PIKEMAN…
DAY 7
I spot the reflections in the shiny steel.
Pikemen wear steel half-armour of back and breast plates with tassets and a morion (steel helmet).
The weight is about 18 lbs (8.16 KG). They are armed with swords and pikes.
The latter would originally have been 18 feet long but for reasons of practicality 12-foot pikes are used today.
Musketeers wear a buff sur-coat and wide-brimmed felt hat.
They are armed with a match-lock musket and rest and wear a leather cross belt, from which are suspended 12 wooden powder flasks known as apostles.
Seventeenth century marches and music are provided by the Company’s own drums and fifes.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more of my other work or if you want to PURCHASE (ONLY PLACE TO BUY OUR IMAGES!), VIEW THE NEW PORTFOLIOS AND LATEST NEWS HERE on our website: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved