Antike Waffen und Ruestungen aus aller Welt

| 83 A full suit of German field armour with burgonet, circa 1570 Large burgonet , the heavy, one-piece ham- mered skull rising to a tall , roped comb. Ridged peak with finely turned and roped edge, arsenal mark (three dots) struck on the side. Large hinged cheek-pieces pierced with eight holes each and finely turned and roped edges. Riveted neckguard. Hinged gorget with ridged front plate. The movable lame with robust, roped flange. Ridged breastplate with medial ridge distinctly drawn-out at the front. Attached two movable faulds with tassets of four lames. In the centre a recess for the cod- piece. Backplate with movable culet and turned and roped edges. Large arm defences with six-lame pauldrons. Full rerebraces with closed couters, hinged vambraces. Ridged gauntlets with metacarpi sliding on four lames and distinctly roped knuckles. Attached intact finger scales and thumb plates. Pointed cuffs with turned and roped edges. Complete leg harness, the ridged cuisses with finely turned and roped edges. Robustly ridged, four-lame poleyns with lateral fans. Hinged ridged greaves with six-lame bear-paw sabatons. The interior of several parts coated with old minium paint . Leather partially replaced, defective in some places. Height ca. 178 cm. A suit of field armour of good, heavy quality. Elegantly composed of old parts with fully homogeneous arm and leg defences. Can be improved through cleaning and restoration. 298820 II € 16.000 3133