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Hand and Forearm Protection

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==Mail gauntlets==
===Integral to the mail shirt===
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===Worn as separate gauntlets===
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==Leather gloves and gauntlets==
See [[Gloves & Mittens]]
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===Mail attached to leather gloves===
''A leather glove or mitten with a section of mail attached to give greater protection.''

'''Discussion'''<br>
There is no evidence that this was ever done. It is unlikely that warriors of the Viking age would have used this kind of protection.<br>
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==Splinted forearm protection==
''Strips of iron attached to a leather or cloth layer worn around the forearms to cover the areas not protected by a mail shirt. Also known as ‘vambraces’. ''
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|Art
|Literature
|Archaeology =
* Sweden, found in a C7th Valsgarde grave (STEPHENSON 2007, p.89).
|Discussion =
Also used by the Byzantine Army and probably adopted by members of the Varangian Guard. [D’AMATO 2012] [HEATH 1979]
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