A Thousand Years of Epic Military Wear (13 pics)

Posted in INTERESTING       23 Aug 2014       8789       1 GALLERY VIEW

Soldier's gear from 1066 at the Battle of Hastings.

The equipment of a mounted knight during the Siege of Jerusalem in 1244.

Fighter archer at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.

From 1485, the gear and armor from a Yorkist man at arms at the Battle of Bosworth.

Trainband Caliverman from 1588.

A musketeer's gear from the Battle of Naseby in 1645.

From 1709, a private sentinel's gear from the Battle of Malplaquet.

1815, soldier's gear from the Battle of Waterloo.

The gear of a private soldier in the Rifle Brigade at the Battle of Alma in 1854.

1916, the kit of a private soldier during WWI at the Battle of the Somme.

A Lance Corporal's gear from the Battle of Arnhem in 1944.

Royal Marine during the Falklands War in 1982.

A 2014 Royal Engineer in Helmland Province, Afghanistan.



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MrTroll 10 year s ago
We've come so far perfecting the tools with which we slaughter one another...
       
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