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>Costume Studies
>>1596 Border reiver
>>>armor
Subject: reiver
Culture: Anglo-Scots Borderer
Setting: raiding, Border Marches 16th-early 17thc
Object: armor




​Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery *
"'Spanish' morion  English or Flemish, about 1590  Of a quality intended for wear by the common soldier.
  It retains its original 'rough from the hammer' finish." ...
"Jack of plate  English or Scottish, about 1590  Formed of small iron plates sewn between layers of canvas,
 except for the collar and skirt which are made more flexible by having mail instead of plates." ...