A pair of German black-and-white fingered gauntlets, Nuremberg circa 1580. The cuffs with turned cabled edge. Replaced hand defences incorporating five metacarpal plates with an embossed cabled knuckle-plate. With finger defences of overlapping scales attached to it and a hinged thumb. One gauntlet with proofmark of Nuremberg. Length of each 31 cm, historic, historical, 16th century, Japanese, Asian, Asia, Far East, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, thrusting, thrustings, handheld, melee weapon, melee weapo, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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