German composite armour with codpiece

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.

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Accession Number: M.1.4A-E-1936
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 208.12kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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