Pikeman with the ordnance troops, County of Burgundy, ca. 1475-1480
The companies created by Charles the Bold comprised one hundred “lances”(themselves commanded by a mounted man-at-arms), an equerry, men with all kinds of (long-stemmed) stabbing weapons, three archers and three men armed with various shooting weapons. These fighters, grouped according to their weaponry, formed a feared military force, because they were disciplined and had excellent artillery.
This pikeman is equipped with chainmail reinforced at the joints with a brigandine, a sallet without visor and a shield bearing the arms of Burgundy.
Round metal plates fixed on the metal helmet protect the ears (see photo left).
Leather dagger with metal tip, pikeman, 15th century
Shield bearing the arms of Burgundy, pikeman, 15th century
Small leather purse, pikeman, 15th century
Protective shoulder plates, pikeman, 15th century
