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  Archer’s Bracer, Steel with Leather Straps, Pair

  SKU: A017

  The bracer was essential equipment for the medieval archer, protecting the forearm from the snap of the bowstring on release as much as from an opponent’s blow. This pair is worked in mild steel with attached leather straps, giving a firm, secure grip on the arm during repeated draws and releases. Simple and practical, it recreates equipment that would have been common across archers, soldiers and militia alike.

  
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  Greaves, Classical Pattern II, Pair

  SKU: A018

  Greaves rank among the oldest dedicated pieces of leg armour in Western military history, referenced repeatedly in classical literature including Hesiod’s Shield of Heracles, Homer’s Iliad, and Virgil’s Aeneid. This second classical-pattern pair offers an alternative cut to our other classical greaves, for wearers or collectors seeking a distinct piece. It protects the shin and calf below the knee in the same classical form referenced throughout ancient literature.

  
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  Gladiator Shoulder Guard, Iron (Galerus)

  SKU: AH6235I

  The galerus was the single most distinctive piece of armour worn by the retiarius, the lightly-equipped “net-man” gladiator who fought with trident and net rather than sword and shield. Rising high over the left shoulder, it protected the neck and side of the head while leaving the fighter otherwise almost bare — no helmet, no greaves, no body armour beyond this one raised guard. This iron version offers the same silhouette as the brass galerus in a plainer, more workmanlike finish, closer to the unadorned guards issued to lower-status fighters.

  
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  Gladiator Front & Back Plate, Brass

  SKU: AH6221B

  Unlike the legionary’s segmented cuirass, most gladiators fought in minimal armour, their bare torsos left exposed as part of the spectacle — but certain classes wore a simple chest plate, or cardiophylax, over the heart. This front-and-back plate recreates that limited torso protection, cast in brass to sit over the chest and upper back independently of a full cuirass. Paired with the manica and greaves typical of heavier gladiator types such as the Samnite-derived murmillo or hoplomachus, it forms part of a genuinely varied system of arena equipment rather than uniform battle armour.