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A GERMAN BREASTPLATE C.1590-1620
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Item Number: 08-698
This fine breast-plate
is a product of the Nuremberg armor industry. It was made for a light
half armor without tassets. The inside is struck with the mark of the
Nuremberg rolling mills which produced the steel plate from which is
was made. The vertical texturing of the front is the original finish of
the plate as it was delivered. Later mills used larger rollers and
increased rolling heat to produce smooth plate, eliminating the
texture. The front, below the neck roll, is struck with the Nuremberg
armorers guild mark (beschu) and opposite it, the makers mark, HB
over an acorn. It is in exceptional preservation, evidently kept in an
armory until the last century.
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This fine breastplate represents a group produced in Western Europe and Italy.
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