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St. Maurice on the Reliquary of St. Sigismund and his children, c.1139.
Châsse de saint Sigismond et de ses enfants
Monastery of Saint Maurice, Agaunum, Valais, Switzerland.

Image source: American Delegation of Savoy Orders

Schrein des heiligen Sigismund Datierung: um 1100 Sachbegriff: Reliquienschrein Gattung: Goldschmiedekunst Material/Technik: Silber, vergoldet, reliefiert, getrieben Sammlung: Saint-Maurice (Wallis), Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, Kirchenschatz Source: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg

Shrine of St. Sigismund Date: around 1100 Technical term: reliquary Genre: Goldsmith's Art Material / technique: silver, gilded, relief, embossed Collection: Saint-Maurice (Wallis), Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, church treasure

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The shrine was made to hold the remains of St. Sigismund and his children in the workshop of the Abbey around 1100. On one gable-end is the famous depiction of St. Maurice. On the other end, the kings – Sigismund, Gundobald, and Giscald are seated.
Source: Medieval Histories

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Referenced on p.209, Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, Western Europe and the Crusader States by David Nicolle
560 Reliquary of the Children of St Sigismund, Savoy, c.1139
(Treasury, Abbey of St Maurice, Valais, Switzerland)
The warrior is an almost archetypal knight of the early 12th century except that his helmet is of a decorated fluted type without a nasal. His mail hauberk has long sleeves and a coif, and his shield is of the long kite-shaped type, supported by a guige. His scabbard is clearly worn under the hauberk; the hilt of the sword presumably emerged through a slit on the left hip as in the Bayeux Tapestry.