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THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
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A German (Nuremberg) Composite Black And White Half-Armour
Third quarter of the 16th Century
Comprising burgonet with two-piece skull, prominent fall, short neck-defence, and deep hinged cheek-pieces, almain-collar comprising a main plate and two neck-plates at front and rear, hinged on the left and with spaudlers of five plates each, cuirass comprising three-piece back-plate with separate riveted culet, and breast-plate with prominent central point, moveable gussets, prominent roped turns at neck and arms, and struck near the neck with a Nuremberg mark, skirt of three plates, and knee-length laminated tassets of seven plates each, the lowest deeper and bluntly pointed, the main edges turned and mostly roped, the surfaces throughout with recessed or raised plain bands and borders, all bright against a black ground (some leathers broken): on wooden stand
Third quarter of the 16th Century
Comprising burgonet with two-piece skull, prominent fall, short neck-defence, and deep hinged cheek-pieces, almain-collar comprising a main plate and two neck-plates at front and rear, hinged on the left and with spaudlers of five plates each, cuirass comprising three-piece back-plate with separate riveted culet, and breast-plate with prominent central point, moveable gussets, prominent roped turns at neck and arms, and struck near the neck with a Nuremberg mark, skirt of three plates, and knee-length laminated tassets of seven plates each, the lowest deeper and bluntly pointed, the main edges turned and mostly roped, the surfaces throughout with recessed or raised plain bands and borders, all bright against a black ground (some leathers broken): on wooden stand