A breastplate for a suit of armour, presumably Italian, circa 1500 An iron breastplate forged in one piece with a central ridge over its entire height, and narrow flanges at the neck and arm cutouts. narrow, angular rims. Corroded, restored, damaged. Height 35 cm. Weight 1172 g. Cf. Karchewski Richardson, Medieval Armour from Rhodes, Breastplate , p. 73, also the photo from circa 1910/20 of a show case at the Parisian Art Dealers, Victor and Louis Bacherau containing pieces of armour from Rhodes, Fig. 10, p. xiii. historic, historica, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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