Turkish Shirt of Mail and Plate
Turkish Mail Armour with Kayı Tamgha Turkish Mail and plate armour made of steel, iron, copper alloy and silver, late 15th century. Height: 86,4 cm. Weight: 9.349 g. Armour was constructed of small interlocking rings, called mail and reinforced with steel plates to cover the vital areas of the torso and stamped on the front of the lower left plate with the Kayı tribe Tamgha. A tamgha (stamp, seal) is an abstract seal used by Turks as the emblem of a particular tribe. The KAYI tribe (Turkish: Kayı boyu) is a sub-branch of the BOZOK Tribal federation of OGHUZ Turks. Osman I, founder of Ottoman Dynasty was a hereditary leader in the Kayı tribe. Royal arsenal of the Ottoman Dynasty "Cebehane" used Kayı Tamgha as it’s distinctive mark on every kind of weaponry. Kayı Boyu Damgalı Türk Zırh Gömlek Çelik, demir, bakır alaşımı ve gümüşten yapılmış, Türk, levha takviyeli, zincir zırh, geç 15. Yüzyıl. Yükseklik: 86,4 cm. Ağırlık: 9.349 gr. Küçük metal halkaların...