Commonly called "Kampfrau" amoungst US based re-enactors, the more appropriate period name is "Trossfrau", meaning 'baggage train woman (or wife)'

In compling these images from various sources,  I have selected only those that were identified as Landsknecht and not those that 'looked' right or were from the same time frame. I have chosen to focus on the women and their clothing in this picture collection so that a better understanding of the clothing of the trossfrauen and of their hard and difficult lives may be gained.