Chain mail

Chain mail is formed by a number of iron rings, each ring having four others inserted into it, the whole exhibiting a kind of net work, with circular meshes, every ring separately rivetted; this kind of mail answers to that worn on the ancient breast plates, whence they were denominated loricæ hammatæ, from the rings being hooked together.

A few broken broadswords, a helmet and a couple of chain mails preserved in museums are all the relics of those far-off times.

Chain mails were also sometimes attached to the back of Viking helmets to protect the neck.

They wore chain mails over simple brown tunics, war paint still covered their faces in simple streaks, and their long dark hair hung in pony-tails that wrapped about their shoulders or hung down their backs.