Body Armour
Body armour or plate armor was prime Medieval protection, but it has seen action since the time of Ancient Greece and Rome. The warrior can now charge into battle without the fears he once had with more vulnerable armors; he can now focus on killing his enemies more than ever.
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15th Century Poleyn, Knee Armour
SKU: AH6345The poleyn, or genouillere, protected the knee joint — among the earliest plate components to develop as European armour transitioned away from mail, first appearing around 1230. By the 14th and 15th centuries the poleyn had evolved from a simple strapped-on disc into an articulated plate integrated with the cuisse above and greave below, remaining standard equipment until firearms made plate leg armour obsolete around 1650. This reproduction recreates that 15th-century form, offering targeted protection to one of the most exposed and mobile joints in a full leg harness.
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The besagew, also called a rondel, was a small disc of plate fitted at the armpit to cover a gap in coverage that the pauldron alone could not close. Mostly associated with Gothic armour, besagews floated on a leather strap or hinge rather than sitting rigidly fixed, letting them move with the arm instead of restricting it. This pair of 18-gauge steel besagews recreates that free-floating fitting, often decorated with punchwork or a raised pattern on surviving originals.
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Gothic Gorget, Fluted, 18-Gauge Steel
SKU: AH6341The gorget evolved in the late Middle Ages to close a real gap in protection — the throat and collarbones, an area mail alone left vulnerable — and by the 15th century had become an integral, load-bearing part of the full harness. Beyond its own defensive role, the gorget served as the anchor point the pauldrons attached to, distributing their weight across the shoulders and torso rather than the neck alone. This 18-gauge steel reproduction is worked in the two-piece hinge-and-pin construction typical of the type, finished with the lightly fluted, roped-edge decoration of the Gothic style.
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Leg armour in a Gothic harness ran from the thigh to the ankle, combining the cuisse over the thigh, the poleyn at the knee, and the greave over the shin and calf. Attached to the faulds and tassets hanging from the cuirass, this leg protection completed the lower half of a full Gothic suit. This 18-gauge steel reproduction follows the lightly fluted Gothic finish, articulated at the knee for genuine mobility on foot or on horseback.
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Arm armour in a Gothic harness typically consisted of a vambrace covering the forearm and a couter articulating at the elbow, connecting the pauldron above to the gauntlet below. Together with the pauldron, this piece completed the protection of the arm, a limb that saw constant exposure in both mounted and foot combat. This 18-gauge steel reproduction follows the lightly fluted Gothic finish, articulated for genuine arm movement rather than fixed as a single rigid tube.
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Gothic Pauldron, 18-Gauge Steel
SKU: AH6338The pauldron protected the shoulder and upper arm within a Gothic harness, typically built from a main fluted plate with several smaller articulated lames extending down over the arm. German Gothic pauldrons are historically associated with floating besagews, small rondel discs fitted at the armpit, though the pauldron itself could also function as a standalone shoulder defence. This 18-gauge steel reproduction follows that lightly fluted, articulated construction, tying to the gorget or arming doublet and secured around the arm with a strap.
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Gothic Torso and Back Plate, 1.2mm Steel
SKU: AH6337This torso and back plate offers the same fluted Gothic silhouette as our standard cuirass, worked in 1.2mm steel for a slightly heavier, more robust build. Within a full harness, the cuirass anchored the gorget above and the faulds and tassets below, making it the structural centre of the entire suit. Fluted panelling across the breastplate, the hallmark of the German Gothic style, added genuine rigidity rather than serving as pure decoration.
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Medieval Leather Armour
SKU: AH6521Before steel plate became widespread, hardened leather offered a lighter, more affordable alternative form of body protection across much of the medieval period. Treated leather, often boiled or otherwise hardened in a process known as cuir bouilli, could be shaped and stiffened enough to deflect blows while remaining considerably lighter than metal. This reproduction recreates that leather armour tradition, suited to lightly armoured impressions or wear beneath heavier plate.
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Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world by Greek soldiers well before Rome adopted the same construction. This steel version finishes the lower border in a decorative flower pattern, a detail consistent with the fact that scale armour, while functional, was also frequently ornamented on surviving examples. Each scale measures approximately 36mm by 26mm, following the same construction principle as our standard iron and brass versions.
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Iron Scale Armour Hauberk (Lorica Squamata)
SKU: AH6162Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world, including by Greek soldiers well before Rome adopted the same construction. This version is worked entirely in iron scales, each measuring approximately 36mm by 26mm, for a heavier, more workmanlike finish than the brass alternatives. Surviving Roman tombstones from Verona depicting a centurion and a standard-bearer both show soldiers wearing scale armour of this type, confirming its long service life across the ancient world.
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Greek Scale Armour Hauberk (Lorica Squamata)
SKU: AH3857Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from small overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world, including by Greek soldiers well before Rome adopted the same construction. This hauberk-style piece steel scales onto a canvas backing, forming a flexible sheet of overlapping protection across the torso. Surviving Roman tombstones, including those of centurions and standard-bearers found at Verona, depict soldiers wearing scale armour of this type, confirming its long service life across the ancient world.
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Gothic Bevor
SKU: AH6382The bevor was a piece of plate armour protecting the chin and throat, filling the gap between helmet and breastplate that a gorget alone did not always cover. Originally worn with the sallet helmet, a defining pairing of the German Gothic style, the bevor’s name comes from the Old French baver, “to dribble” — a wry reference to its position over the lower face. This reproduction follows that classic sallet-and-bevor combination, finished in keeping with the wider fluted Gothic aesthetic.
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Medieval Gorget with Collar
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Medieval Bevor
SKU: AH6384The bevor was a piece of plate armour protecting the chin and throat, bridging the gap between helmet and breastplate that remained a vulnerable point even under mail. Its name comes from the Old French baver, “to dribble,” a wry reference to its position over the lower face and jaw. This reproduction offers a general medieval-pattern bevor, suited to pairing with a range of helmet styles beyond the specifically Gothic sallet combination.
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Medieval Pauldrone Pair
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By the 15th century, a full cuirass, matched front and back plates covering the entire torso, had become the standard core of a knight’s harness across Western Europe.
This reproduction recreates that complete torso protection in 16-gauge steel, combining durability with the coverage expected of a genuine mid-to-late medieval fighting harness. Unlike a breastplate alone, the addition of a back plate gives full circumferential protection.
Deepeeka’s reproduction offers complete front-and-back torso protection, part of our Medieval heritage range.
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Gothic Cuirass, Front and Back Plate
SKU: AH6329The cuirass sat at the core of the Gothic harness, its matched front and back plates enclosing the torso in a single anatomically shaped shell. Fluted panels running across the breastplate, a hallmark of the German Gothic style, added rigidity and helped glance away blows without the extra weight a flat, unribbed plate would have needed for equivalent strength. Crafted from 18-gauge steel, this piece provides comprehensive torso protection and forms the anchor point around which the rest of a full Gothic harness is built.
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Gothic Cuirass with Tassets
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Medieval Armour with stand
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Wolf Cuff Pair
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Gladiator Shoulder Guard, Brass (Galerus) II
SKU: AH6232BThis brass shoulder guard recreates the galerus, the raised armour piece that was the retiarius gladiator’s near-only protection, worn high over the left shoulder to guard the head and neck. Fighting without helmet, shield or greaves, the retiarius depended on the galerus and manica arm guard to intercept blows from his usual opponent, the heavily armoured secutor, while his trident and net worked from a distance. This brass finish offers a more reflective, decorative surface than the plainer iron or carbon steel versions in our range.
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Cavalry Half Armour
SKU: AH6133As plate armour spread through the 15th century, mounted troops below the rank of fully harnessed knight often wore a half armour, combining a breastplate and upper body protection without the complete leg harness of a knight. This cavalry half armour recreates that practical standard, offering meaningful torso protection suited to mounted combat while remaining lighter and less costly than a full knightly harness. It reflects the reality that plate armour existed across a real spectrum of coverage, not solely as the fully articulated suits associated with the wealthiest knights.
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Economy Gothic Full Plate Armour
SKU: AH6007EGothic plate armour is the German style of full body harness that emerged in the 15th century, its fluted ridges and curved surfaces drawing directly on the pointed forms of Gothic architecture and art of the period. Produced in armouring centres such as Augsburg, Nuremberg and Landshut, it reached its peak in the 1480s, when it was considered among the finest and most technically advanced armour in Europe. This economy version offers the same complete harness system in a more accessible build, suited to those assembling a first full kit or working to a tighter budget.
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French Medieval Full Harness
SKU: AH6001French knights and men-at-arms fought in plate harness through the same broad period as their German and Italian counterparts, from the Hundred Years’ War through to the close of the medieval period. This full harness recreates that general late-medieval French style of armour, built as a complete head-to-toe system rather than a single isolated piece. French armour of this era shared much of its construction technique with neighbouring traditions while developing its own regional detailing and proportions.
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This wearable suit of armour takes its inspiration from the knightly harness of the 15th and 16th centuries, the period Sir Thomas Malory is thought to have drawn on when writing Le Morte d’Arthur, his account of Lancelot and the Round Table. Fully articulated and constructed from steel with adjustable leather straps, it is designed to actually be worn rather than serve purely as static display. Ideally suited to a wearer of average build, roughly 5’10” to 6’2″ tall, it comes complete with its own steel stand and wooden base for display between wearings.
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Celtic Cuff, Wild Boar Design II
SKU: AH5527The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a second wild boar design, an animal that held particular significance in Celtic culture as a symbol of courage, ferocity and status, frequently depicted on weapons, standards and jewellery. Adjustable and cast in brass, it offers an alternative rendering of the boar motif to our other Celtic boar cuff, for collectors wanting a distinct pattern.
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Celtic Cuff, Bird Design
SKU: AH5526The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a bird motif, drawing on a recurring theme in Celtic art and mythology, where birds were frequently linked to prophecy, the otherworld and divine messengers. Adjustable and cast in brass, it represents the figurative, animal-motif end of the historical range of Celtic arm and wrist jewellery.
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Celtic Cuff, Boar Design
SKU: AH5525The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a boar motif, an animal that held particular significance in Celtic culture as a symbol of courage, ferocity and status, frequently depicted on weapons, standards and jewellery. Adjustable and cast in brass, it represents the figurative, animal-motif end of the historical range of Celtic arm and wrist jewellery.
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Household Cavalry-Style Cuirass, with Belt
SKU: AH4405Unlike the medieval knight’s breastplate, this cuirass draws on a later tradition: the ceremonial breastplates worn by Britain’s Household Cavalry, adapted after the Battle of Waterloo from historical cuirasses held in the Tower of London.
The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals have worn this polished-plate, brass-trimmed style on ceremonial duty ever since, most visibly at Horse Guards Parade and the Changing of the Guard. This reproduction comes complete with leather backing and a white belt.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that recognisable parade-cavalry silhouette, part of our British heritage range.
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Templar Breastplate II
SKU: AH4404The Knights Templar, the medieval military religious order founded to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land, remain among the most recognisable figures of medieval military history, their cross a lasting visual symbol.
This reproduction offers an alternative build to our other Templar-pattern breastplates, recreating the same classic single-plate medieval silhouette in steel.
Deepeeka’s reproduction recreates that Templar-styled breastplate, part of our Medieval heritage range.
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Medieval military religious orders marked their armour with distinctive cross emblems, letting allies recognise a fellow order member on the battlefield and reinforcing a shared identity bound up in their vows.
This breastplate is made from 20-gauge steel, etched with a cross motif and fitted to the chest with a set of leather straps and buckles. The interior is blackened for a genuine period-styled finish.
Deepeeka’s reproduction evokes that tradition of the medieval military religious orders, part of our Medieval heritage range.
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This elaborately detailed set draws on the visual language of fantasy royal-guard armour popularised in modern television and film, rather than one specific documented historical type. Worked in 18-gauge steel with an antiqued brass finish, it features overlapping leather scale detailing at the neck, arms and legs for a heavily textured, imposing silhouette. Complete with a padded helmet lining and adjustable leather straps and buckles, it is built for genuine wear as a striking costume or display piece.
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Brass Scale Armour, Large Fit (Lorica Squamata)
SKU: AH6164BThe lorica squamata was a type of scale armour used by the Roman military from the Republic onward, built from small overlapping metal scales wired or sewn to a fabric backing. This brass version is built to a generous scale, fitting chests up to 50 inches and standing 26 inches in length, for wearers needing a larger fit than our standard sizing. At roughly 12.5 kg, the weight reflects the density of real overlapping metal scale construction rather than a lightened costume alternative.
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Roman Phalera Set, Military Decoration
SKU: AH6765Phalerae were prestigious Roman military awards — circular medallions granted for bravery and distinguished service, worn proudly across the chest to signify honour, rank and achievement. Based on archaeological references and historical depictions, sets like this were mounted on leather harness straps across the torso and traditionally arranged in odd-numbered formations, worn by soldiers known as the phalerati, the decorated. Developed in collaboration with Roman historian and re-enactor Radostin Kolchev, this set captures the raised relief motifs and handcrafted, non-industrial detailing of genuine Roman originals.
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Padded Medieval Upper Leg Armour (Pair)
SKU: PA2047Before, and alongside, plate cuisses, padded upper leg protection offered a simpler, lighter defence against forceful thrusts and blows. This padded pair uses layered construction to absorb impact, secured with leather strings for a comfortable, adjustable fit. It suits wearers building a foot soldier or lightly armoured impression, or looking for comfortable padding beneath plate leg armour.
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This full display suit draws its styling from the enduring visual identity of the Knights Templar, the medieval military religious order whose red cross remains one of history’s most recognisable martial emblems. The suit dates in construction style from a later period than the order itself, which was suppressed in 1312, reflecting the way “Templar armour” has become a broad popular shorthand for knightly identity rather than one narrow archaeological type. Standing 79 inches complete with sword, shield, cape and a purpose-built display stand, it is intended as a striking centrepiece rather than a battlefield-accurate single-period reconstruction.
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This full display harness draws on the richly decorated suits of armour associated with Charles V and Philip II, today held in the Real Armeria, the royal armoury collection in Madrid. Each piece is worked in polished steel and iron, carrying bas-relief artwork and etched floral motifs across much of its surface, in keeping with the elaborate parade and ceremonial armour of the Spanish court. This style reflects armour as a statement of dynastic power as much as protection, made for a Habsburg court that could commission the finest armourers in Europe.
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Celtic Cuff, Knotwork Design
SKU: AH5524The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a knotwork-style decorative pattern, echoing the interlaced designs that are among the most recognisable hallmarks of Celtic art. Adjustable and cast in brass, it sits between the plainest unadorned cuffs and the more figurative animal-motif designs in our range.
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Celtic Cuff, Dragon Design
SKU: AH5523The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. This cuff carries a dragon motif, a creature that recurs across Celtic art and later medieval Celtic-influenced traditions as a symbol of strength and power. Adjustable and cast in brass, it recreates the more decorated end of the historical range of Celtic arm and wrist jewellery, in contrast to plainer, unadorned examples.
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Celtic Cuff, Plain Design
SKU: AH5522The Celtic cuff descends from the torc, the open-ended metal ring worn at the neck, wrist or arm across Celtic Europe as a mark of status, rank and sometimes protective or spiritual significance. Roman writers such as Diodorus Siculus described Celtic warriors adorned with gold bracelets and heavy neck rings, and captured torcs were prized enough as war trophies that a Roman general once took the nickname “Torquatus” after winning one in single combat. This adjustable brass cuff recreates that open-band form in a plain, unadorned pattern, true to the simpler end of the historical range of Celtic arm and wrist jewellery.
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Scale armour, or lorica squamata, is among the oldest forms of body defence in the ancient world, built from small overlapping metal scales wired or sewn onto a fabric or leather backing. Worn by officers, standard-bearers, and auxiliary troops across the Roman military rather than being restricted to a single rank, it offered flexibility closer to mail alongside a distinctive, reflective surface. This version is supplied with its own doublet, the fabric garment the scales are mounted to, made from hand-fitted 24 to 26 gauge brass scales.
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Greek Greaves, Brass (Pair)
SKU: AH6140Greaves were a standard part of the hoplite panoply, protecting the lower leg from ankle to knee where the shield could not reach. Greek and Macedonian soldiers and kings alike wore greaves in combat, shaped and sprung to fit the leg closely without needing straps to hold them in place. This brass pair recreates that close-fitting hoplite silhouette, providing a matched set of shin defences styled after classical Greek military equipment.
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Knight’s Greaves, Pair
SKU: AH6027Greaves remained a core piece of leg armour through the Middle Ages, worn mainly by soldiers and kings in combat to protect the exposed lower leg. This pair follows the knightly greave form typically integrated into a full leg harness alongside the cuisse and poleyn. Sold as a matched pair, they protect the shin and calf below the knee.
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The gorget began as functional plate armour protecting the throat, but by the 18th century had shrunk into a small, purely decorative metal crescent worn by officers as a badge of rank. No longer offering real protection, this later gorget survived as a visible symbol of military commission, hung from the neck by a ribbon or chain over the coat. This reproduction recreates that ornamental military dress piece, a genuine artefact of how armour components could outlive their protective function to become symbols of status.
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Medieval Gorget
SKU: AH6791The gorget takes its name from the French gorge, meaning neck, worn to protect the throat, a vulnerable point left exposed by helmet and breastplate alike. It could take the form of a single plate or a set of articulated pieces, depending on the level of coverage and flexibility required. This version recreates that essential neck defence, forming the connecting link between helmet and cuirass in a complete harness.
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Fully enclosed suits of armour, or harnesses, developed through the 15th century, protecting the wearer almost head to toe through a system of articulated, overlapping plates. This 1/3-scale miniature recreates that complete harness form as a detailed tabletop or shelf display piece rather than a wearable suit. Complete with a miniature sword, shield and its own display stand, it offers the visual detail of a full harness at a fraction of the size and footprint.
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Known to the Romans as lorica squamata, scale armour built from overlapping metal plates was used across the ancient Mediterranean world by both Greek and Roman soldiers. This brass version is built with genuine leather straps on both sides of the back, letting the wearer overlap the sides to fine-tune the fit rather than being locked to a single fixed size. Surviving Roman tombstones from Verona depicting a centurion and a standard-bearer both show soldiers wearing scale armour of this type, confirming its long service life across the ancient world.
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Gladiator Shoulder Guard, Carbon Steel (Galerus)
SKU: AH6232IThis carbon steel shoulder guard follows the same galerus form worn by the retiarius, the lightly-equipped Roman gladiator whose only real protection came from a single raised guard over the left shoulder. Fought without helmet, shield or greaves, the retiarius relied on the galerus and a padded or leather manica on the same arm to intercept blows while his trident and net did the work at range. Carbon steel construction gives this version a slightly heavier, more durable build than the lighter iron or brass alternatives.
