Bat’s wings are much less common in medieval armory than bird’s wings: Your Author knows but a single example, the badge of Daubeney, Earl of Bridgewater, d.1548 [HB 81]. For related charges, seelure. The Baron of the Angels bears as a badge: A set of seraph’s wings Or. The...
Medieval armoured cavalry at the Battle of Hastings (1066), protected by chain-mail armour and kite-shaped shields, a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century; in the Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France. Types of armour generally fall into one of three main categories: (1) ...