Mail shirt in Hungary, Russ?

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:27 am

Gyorsy Rakoczi (Transylvanian hero of some sort) had a mail shirt c17thC that has appliqued decorations added to it (silver) and is currently in the Magyar Museum in Budapest, I believe.

Any have any good pictures?

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:56 am

I don't have any closeups of that shirt, only the ones in the little "museum blurb" on the collection. So if you want link details, I can't really help you -- though I do intend to take some close-range photos when I'm there next. If you just want pictures of the appliques, either write Bob Charron (because he has images of them my wife sent), or else bear with me a day or two, and I'll hunt them down for you. My house has been worked on recently, and everything is a total mess.

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:03 pm

Not what you were asking about; but Boris Gudonov had a shirt that looks exactly like it was made from large flat washers, course each one has a motto stamped in it too. Ran across it in "Treasures from the Krimlin" IIRC dated late 16th century

Thomas