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A COPY OF THE INNSBRUCK FOOT-COMBAT ARMOUR OF GIULIANO DE'MEDICI, of bright steel, comprising close-helmet working on the gorget, cuirass, plate breeches with codpiece, fastened up the front with swivel hooks and studs locking over the cuisses of the completely enclosed leg-harness, sabatons, pauldrons, and complete vambraces locking over the cuffs of the mitten gauntlets, the cuff of the right gauntlet dated 1515, the armpits and insides of the elbow- and knee-joints protected by laminations, and decorated throughout with imitation slashing and sunken bands and borders of etched running foliage including the inscription 'Semper In Usave (sic)' on the breast-plate, on an ebonized circular wooden stand; and a front gorget-plate in 17th Century style, with roped edges, and etched panels of running foliage on the outside
