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Armour. Whole composite armour, for field or cavalry use, decorated with fluting in the Maximilian fashion. Consisting of an armet, a collar, a breast plate with skirt and tassets, a backplate with skirt, a pair of spaudlers and vambraces, a pair of gauntlets, a pair of cuisses and polyens, and a pair of greaves and sabatons. Production Place: South Germany. All dated around 1510-20, except the pair of gauntlets which are probably 19th century, but in the style of about 1510-20. Horse armour: M.11-13-1947. Peytral, shaffron, and saddle with steels and stirrups, for heavy cavalry use. Decorated with fluting in the 'Maximilian' fashion.
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