A pair of full arm defences for a German infantry or light cavalry armour second half of the 16th century. comprising light spaulders each of five lames moving on sliding rivets, the upper lames pierced for attaching to a pair of hinged sprung pillars (not present on the existing gorget), the lower lames fitted with tubular turners, tubular upper-and lower-cannons, rounded cowters with side-wings (one re-attached by a riveted internal patch), and recessed borders with turned roped edges. Length 65 cm. historic, historical, weapons, arms, weapon, , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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Keywords: arm, arms, baronial, baton, clipping, cut, cut-, cut-outs, defences, german, infantry, melee, militaria, military, object, objects, pair, rapier, rapiers, stills, sword, swords, thrusting, thrustings, weapon, weapons
