Before departing the Shire for Rivendell, Bilbo reclaimed the shirt and wore it on that journey. After returning to the Shire, Bilbo loaned the shirt to the Mathom-house. Here, it was given by Thorin II Oakenshield to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who wore it during the Battle of Five Armies. It was found by the dragon Smaug and added to his treasure heap. It eventually came to be part of the Dwarven treasure hoard of the Lonely Mountain. The origins of the shirt are largely unknown, though it was said to have been made for a young Elf prince long ago. Gandalf seized it from him and later returned it to Frodo.īilbo receiving the Mithril shirt from Thorin in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies It was taken by the Orcs of Cirith Ungol from Frodo, but was later shown by the Mouth of Sauron to Gandalf, Aragorn, and the other leaders outside the Morannon. It changed owners several times during the Third Age, from Smaug's hoard to Bilbo Baggins then to Frodo. Bilbo's Mithril shirt was a shirt of chain mail, alternately described as a vest and a coat, made from mithril.
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