A COMPOSITE SUIT OF ARMOUR

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A COMPOSITE SUIT OF ARMOUR
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
The armoured backplate of circular form with radiating ribs around a central boss, chain mail attaching three sides plates, St Irene arsenal mark, together with a helmet of shallow ribbed domed form with chain mail skirt, together with a chain mail shirt, areas of corrosion
backplate 11½in. diam. (3)

Lot Essay

Similar helmets were captured after the siege of Vienna in 1684. Two examples are among the booty in Karlsruhe (Ernst Petrasch et al, Die Karlsruher Tüurkenbeute, Munich, 1991, nos.23 and 24, p.89) while another is in Dresden (Im Lichte des Halbmonds, exhibition catalogue, Dresden, 1995, p.162).

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