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Detail of
Two soldiers in battle at Old Älvsborg Castle in 1502, Västergötland, Sweden, by Paul Dolnstein
A combat between a Swedish peasant militiaman (left) and a German mercenary. This remarkable drawing was made in 1502 by Paul Dolnstein, who had himself fought as a mercenary soldier in Scandinavia. The Swede - cf Plate H - wears straight, baggy trousers and a brimmed chapel-de-fer, perhaps a mail coif or collière, and a fluted breastplate with the upper lames of a fauld around his hips. Note his odd-looking pike-like weapon with S-shaped 'quillons' like a sword. On his left hip is a longbow, and the large bag on his back might contain arrows. (City Archives, Weimar, Germany)
Source: p.45, MAA - 399 - Medieval Scandinavian Armies (2): 1300-1500 by David Lindholm and Angus McBride
