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ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE ATELIER OF ERNST SCHMIDT, MUNICH, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A DECORATIVE FULL ARMOUR IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE
ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE ATELIER OF ERNST SCHMIDT, MUNICH, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bright steel, comprising close-helmet with fluted skull and twin low roped combs, bellows visor, bevor shaped to the chin, and rear neck-guard of two plates, gorget of three plates front and rear, cuirass comprising globose breast-plate with moveable arm-gussets, two-piece back-plate shaped to the shoulders and with culet of two plates, skirt of three plates shaped to the fork and bearing tassets of four-plates each, full arm defences including pauldrons each with applied haute-piece, mitten gauntlets, and full leg harnesses each with large poleyn and bear-paw sabaton, the principle plates fluted throughout and with roped edges, on a stand with wooden base, and with a decorative two-hand broadsword in German 16th century style with straight quillons and rounded pommel (2)
ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE ATELIER OF ERNST SCHMIDT, MUNICH, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bright steel, comprising close-helmet with fluted skull and twin low roped combs, bellows visor, bevor shaped to the chin, and rear neck-guard of two plates, gorget of three plates front and rear, cuirass comprising globose breast-plate with moveable arm-gussets, two-piece back-plate shaped to the shoulders and with culet of two plates, skirt of three plates shaped to the fork and bearing tassets of four-plates each, full arm defences including pauldrons each with applied haute-piece, mitten gauntlets, and full leg harnesses each with large poleyn and bear-paw sabaton, the principle plates fluted throughout and with roped edges, on a stand with wooden base, and with a decorative two-hand broadsword in German 16th century style with straight quillons and rounded pommel (2)
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