Could decorated armour encourage capture for ransom?

Could fancy armour identify an aristocrat and encourage enemies to capture him for ransom?

Possibly: visible wealth could advertise a valuable captive, although that depends on who captures him.

Rich decoration could identify an aristocrat to other nobles and signal to levy troops that a captive would pay a ransom. Viewers propose this explanation for conspicuous armour. Clarke accepts it as a possibility, then jokes that his ancestors preferred taking valuables and land. The reply remains conditional on who does the capturing.