A PAIR OF GERMAN FINGERED GAUNTLETS, of bright steel, each comprising a flared boxed cuff with roped turned borders with narrow recessed band, five downward-lapping metacarpal plates, prominent roped knuckle-plate, and cusped plate over the bases of the fingers, all articulated on rivets, overlapping finger-plates riveted to the original leathers (some plates missing), separate hinged thumb-guards en suite, and original leather lining gloves (partly detached), late 16th Century