Armourers

Engraver from Germany (1470-1536)

Historically, an armourer is a person who makes personal armour, especially plate armour. Historically, armourers were often men, but women could also undertake the occupation: for example, Alice la Haubergere worked as an armourer in Cheapside in the early 1300s, and in 1348 Eustachia l’Armurer was training her husband's daughter, likely in the field.

thumb|120px|Djebedji bashi, commander thumb|120px|A Djebedji soldier Djebedji (, ) was a military subunit of Ottoman Army's artillery corps. The Djebedji unit was in charge of maintenance and keeping the weaponry. They were also responsible in transporting weapons to where they were needed. During peace times, they kept the weaponry in arsenals named cephane. The Djebedji unit participated in all campaigns commanded by the sultan or the grand vizier. In other campaigns only a part of the unit participated.

German armourer

armourer from Milan (1510–1579)

Augsburg armourer 1525-1603

The Helmschmied family of Augsburg were one of late medieval and Renaissance Europe's foremost families of armourers. Their name, often spelled Helmschmid in historical sources, modern scholarship, and museum collections, translates to helmet smith. The family's most prominent members were Lorenz Helmschmied (floruit 1467-1515), Kolman Helmschmied (1471–1532) and Desiderius Kolman Helmschmied (1513–1579).

armourer from Nuremberg (1510–1567)