History
Although banded mail was considered real during the 19th century, later books on history claim that banded mail arose due to a misinterpretation of medieval manuscripts and tomb effigies.
While there have been some attempts at modern reconstructions of banded mail, there are no known historic examples. Existing manuscript and effigy representation has been interpreted as covering a variety of methods for depicting chainmail.
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