The Met has a number of sleeveless mail garments, but as far as I can tell, none of them has fabric panels.

Let my check my sources and report back.

Mac

well found! that's pretty amazing. I must admit the quality of the pic had me wondering if it was some kind of 19th cent pageant costume made of string. Wonder if it still has its fabric components.

So its got a button up front... but whats that button doing on the right shoulder/collar bone? Is there traces of similar arrangement on the opposite side?

Another image of some Roman mail (Photo Christa S. Fuchs), useful for showing that the riveted and punched rings aren't always the same size.
http://www.actu-histoireantique.com/page/6

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so behind this lovely section of eyelet coat...

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8...2282ce.jpg

the pinterest comment reads

'European eyelet doublet with metal rings sewn inside the eyelets, 15th to 16th century, Wurzburg Castle, Germany. '

but other descriptions by here are off so won't take this as meaning much. Off to search for the castle...

supposedly 15th/16th copper alloy but 10mm across

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Hi, Thanks

Yes I'm very familiar with eyelet stuff (although not that specific one at Wartburg, it has others) , it was the mail behind it that was my aim with that pic. Just wondered if anyone had any images of it without the eyelet coat section in front of it.

Does anyone have information on this hauberk?
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Likely the same:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/503629170802128152/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/427912402066359382/

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European (German, Nuremberg) riveted mail hauberk, detail view, end of the 15th century, long sleeves of flattened riveted rings, collar and seams are bordered with two rows of brass rings, original buckle with leather remnants is riveted to the collar, brass armourer's ring at the neck stamped with the maker's inscription, "Hans M..." in front of two stylised towers. Length 67 cm. Weight 6380 g. Late Gothic mail shirt in unusually fine condition. F1.

The "unusually fine condition" descriptor suggests an auction catalog.

How do you see if a mail coat was tinned? Simply being flashy silvery?

See if the maker had gone stark staring blind and mad I suppose. I can just about imagine gilding them, its kind of worth it...but tinning...

But its a good point to raise, wonder if there are any. Certainly my own originals, if they've been looked after, are nicely shiny anyway.

Back on p.16 of this discussion Viktor Asenov provides evidence of a silver-gilt latten mail shirt. The Wallace Collection's sleeves A10-11 are also latten. Erik Schmid identified them as having been tinned. If you see a silver coating on brass wire, it's either tinning or silver, but you would have to likely do some testing to determine which.