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Celtic Mail Shirt

Mail armour is widely believed to have originated with Celtic smiths, whose riveted-ring construction techniques were later adopted and refined by the Romans as the lorica hamata. This reproduction recreates a Celtic-style mail shirt, battle-ready and covering the torso and upper arms. A genuinely foundational piece of armour history, predating the Roman adoption of the same basic technology.

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The earliest confirmed mail finds date to the 3rd century BC and are generally credited to Celtic craftsmen, whose alternating rows of solid and riveted rings represented a significant technical achievement that Roman armourers later adopted wholesale as the lorica hamata after contact with Celtic peoples in Gaul. This reproduction recreates that early Celtic mail shirt form, battle-ready for genuine re-enactment combat, representing one of the true foundational moments in the history of body armour.

  • Material: Steel mail rings

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