put the fear of god on em, stick a chicken on the helm

Polish winged hussar, circa 1683

these bad boys gave the Turks a proper run for their money back then at Vienna

(it’s a manifestation of a striking eagle in this case)

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a Polish MMA fighter recently worked with a historical researchers to recreate this outfit, and it weighted about 32kg (70 lbs)

people back then were shorter but chunkier, i guess