Two Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), 1544

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Two Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), 1544, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, gold, ; H. 5 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Wt. 2 oz. (47 g); ; H. 5 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 2 7/8 in. ( cm), Wt. 2 oz. (51 g), Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons, These detached ear guards belong to a shaffron from the most famous of Charles V's (1500–1558) armors, the so-called Mühlberg garniture (after the Battle of Mühlberg––April 24, 1547––at which the emperor wore parts of that armor

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