let 's see ... they had , as per standing orders , taken and signed for one shirt ( mail , chain ) one helmet , iron and copper , one breastplate , iron ( except in the case of lance-constable angua , who 'd need to be fitted special , and lance-constable detritus , who 'd signed for a hastily adapted piece of armour which had once belonged to a war elephant ) , one truncheon , oak , one emergency pike or halberd , one crossbow , one hourglass , one short sword ( except for lance-constable detritus ) and one badge , office of , night watchman 's , copper .