French soldier, 9th century. He wears a Phrygian cap, chlamys, short chainmail armour over a tunic, stockings and shoes laced to the calf. He carries a lance and buckler (shield). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.
French soldier, 9th century. He wears a Phrygian cap, chlamys, short chainmail armour over a tunic, stockings and shoes laced to the calf. He carries a lance and buckler (shield). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days," Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.