Two pike schiltrons clash in this German wood cut.
Date Description Source Reference
1520 A.D. Five bell tents and one pavilion on the left hand side of the wood cut. The bell tent in the foreground has the two point guy rope attachment. The pavilion has large scalloped edging along the roof line. “Two pike schiltrons clash in this German wood cut (c. 1520).” Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg. Humble, R., Warfare in the Middle Ages, London, 1989, p.184.

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