German composite armour with codpiece

Image attached to M.1.4E-1936

An image of Composite armour. Comprising a collar, cuirass with skirt and long tassets, codpiece, pair of pauldrons and burgonet and buffe. Steel, hammered, shaped, riveted, hinged, with incised decoration and recessed borders, with brass and iron rivets and buckles. Height 134 cm, width 76 cm, depth 47 cm, c. 1530-1560. European, mainly South German.

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Composite armour. Comprising a collar, cuirass with skirt and long tassets, codpiece, pair of pauldrons and burgonet and buffe. Steel, hammered, shaped, riveted, hinged, with incised decoration and recessed borders, with brass and iron rivets and buckles. Height 134 cm, width 76 cm, depth 47 cm, c. 1530-1560. European, mainly South German.