Italian burgonet helmet in burnished steel and gilded copper, 1470-1570 https://t.co/1WF8OOtRYe

‘The different ages of Greek military costume’ from the Historical Encyclopaedia of Costume https://t.co/GbXp5cfmp9

⚜️“𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒔”⚜️ Heavy cavalrymen of noble birth. At the beginning of the 16th, French gendarme companies were regarded as the finest and most respected force of heavy cavalry in Europe, feared for their powerful armament and reckless courage. https://t.co/J0WcmrHSln