A German breastplate from a suit of armour, circa 1510, presumably Nuremberg. Spherical shaped, bright iron breastplate with riveted movable gussets and a slightly curved, thick upper flange. Skirt of three lames, two brass buckles for shoulder straps. The straps for the tassets damaged and incomplete. Length 46 cm. A breastplate from a suit of armor in the style of the consignment of 4,000 or 5,000 breast plates from Nuremberg for Emperor Maximilian I's Italian campaign of 1508. Cf. Rudolf H. Wackernagel, Das Münchner Zeughaus, 1983. pp. 76, 121, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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