A shaffron was a rectangularish shaped piece of armour worn by war-horses to protect the front of the head. Shaffrons were employed by the ancient Greeks and later by European knights of the 13th century. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/FS.HTM
A shaffron was a rectangularish shaped piece of armour worn by war-horses to protect the front of the head. Shaffrons were employed by the ancient Greeks and later by European knights of the 13th century.
Plate defence for a horse