Medieval Riveted Chain Mail Shirt 1/2 Sleeves

Chainmail is one of the oldest forms of Armor, dating back to the mid 1st millenium BC. It is uncertain who invented chain mail but, either way, it was used in both Europe and Japan.The earliest forms of the armor found were worn by Celtic Chiefs in the 5th Century BC. The Romans first encountered the mail in Gaul (modern day France and Belgium) and soon adopted the mail as thier own. Despite popular belief mail was the primary armor of the Roman Army, not the Lorica Segmenta.Chain mail stayed with Europe until it reached its zenieth in the 13th century. The use of mail finally declined in the 14th century with the creation of plate amror. It is intersting that mail has always been more expensive and more time consuming to make than the Lorica Segmenta, or Plate Armor. best quality chain mail shirt, all handmade recently from zinc plated 16 gauge steel links, combined in the early pattern (4 links through the 5th), inner link dia. 3/8" (10 mms), each ring individually riveted closed. Sleeve length is 30 cms./12" measured from under the arm pit and reaching to around the elbows, width is for chest size 130 cms./52", length is 95 cms./38".