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hotlikebea t1_ix086sq wrote

Reply to comment by eisme in A Medieval Gold Wedding Ring Found in the Mud Worth Is Thousands by max-venum

History aside, the materials and labor that go into a handmade suit of armor are much more valuable than what goes into a jacket.

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HandsOnGeek t1_ix08zvz wrote

A flak jacket is not just a jacket. Flak is in fact the explosive shrapnel-generating anti-aircraft cannon fire that was used to defend cities from flights of bombers in World War II. A flak jacket is what you wear to protect yourself from that shrapnel.

So the flak jacket is the modernish to antique equivalent of a middle ages suit of armor.

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TheKingOfTCGames t1_ix0aafd wrote

and plate armor in the middle ages is basically the total sum assets of a upper middle class person.

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