Full suit of ornate battle armour for man and barding, 16th century.

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Full suit of ornate battle armour for man and barding for horse from the early 16th century. He wears a plumed helmet, and carries a battle hammer and sword. Richly engraved in the Kaiser Maximilian style. From the Dresden Museum of History. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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