Schynbalds

Schynbalds were an early experiment in plate armour for the lower leg.

Each schynbald was a single piece of steel that covered the front and outside of the shin.

[1][2] Complete suits of armor survive only from the latter part of the schynbald era.

In fifteenth century Gothic armour they were strapped not to mail but to fastenings on a padded undergarment.

By the early fifteenth century greaves had supplanted schynbalds in white armour.