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Masovian Seal of Duke Trojden I of Czersk, Poland



Description: "One seal of Duke Trojden I, dating from 1341, featured a mounted warrior wearing a tall conical helmet and a lamellar cuirass of seemingly entirely Eastern or Asiatic style. He is armed with a spear, and carries a similarly distinctive so-called 'small Lithuanian pavise'"
Date: 1341 (19th century replica?)
Medium: bronze
Collection: National Museum in Warsaw
Inscriptions: S.Troideni Dei Gratia Ducis Czirnensis et (War)szeviensis
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Referenced on p. 34, David Nicolle, Witold Sarnecki, Medieval Polish Armies 966–1500 (2012)
Seal of Duke Trojden of Mazovia, attached to a document of 1341.



132. POLISH KNIGHT c.1340 in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 2 by Ian Heath, is based on the Masovian Seal of Duke Trojden I of Czersk, Poland
See also the Fresco of Four of the Nine Heroes, Merchant Brotherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 16 Zeglarska Street, Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Late 14th Century.
Other 14th century Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers