White armour
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White armour, or alwyte armour, was a form of plate armour worn in the Late Middle Ages characterized by full-body steel plate without a surcoat. Around 1420 the surcoat, or "coat of arms" as it was k
An early type of alwyte armour; note that it opens from the back like a brigandine, so it could be considered as a late type of transitional armour
Italian "white armour" from 1450 that stands out due to its full body steel plating and plating over the joints
Faulds (armour)
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Faulds are pieces of plate armour worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips, which began to appear in Western Europe from about 1370. They consist of overlapping horizontal lames of metal
Archduke Ferdinand II wearing a tonlet, from an illustration by Wendelin Boeheim (1547).
René d'Anjou Livre des tournois France Provence X Ve siècle
Faulds