Besagew

Floating discs are round steel discs of late medieval plate armor that have been installed to protect the unprotected armpits down suspended " pending " with leather straps.

Description

Floating discs are known since the beginning of the 14th century and held sporadically until the 16th century.

The danger was that the institution of a plate armor, while he swung the bat, his vulnerable point revealed the exposed armpit. Later these sensitive areas were protected by shoulder armor segments. Floating discs are not to be confused with underarm shields, also called Ailetten that were meant to protect the shoulders and attaching the coat of arms of a knight.