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To distinguish the nobles fighting in battles and tournaments to their combatants and followers. Since they all wore roughly the same outfit and had their faces covered by visors, they would otherwise be hard to tell apart.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoTo recognize the warriors when in full armour. They could not tell who each person was so they made them to tell them apart. As time went on these decorations were repeated on the surcoat (a sleeveless garment that
was worn over armor)-therefore the name, coat of arms.
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