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Mail shirt, Germany, late 14th or early 15th century AD (lemmy.world)
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[–] Prontomomo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dang, wonder what the relative cost of that was at the time

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to Wikipedia, it was the work of up to one year and was worth the equivalent of several cattle.

Wikipedia - Kettenrüstung (in German)

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly, these things could take a skilled craftsman up to a year to complete, so I'd assume it would cost about a year's wages too.