Plate armour
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Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. Full plate steel armour develo
Full plate armour for man and horse commissioned by Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, held at the Livrustkammaren in Stockholm, Sweden (1550s).
Bronze muscle cuirass, Italy, c. 350–300 BC
A Japanese 16th–17th century suit of plate armour with a western-style cuirass (nanban dō gusoku)
Italian suit of armour with sallet, c. 1450
Maximilian armour
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Maximilian armour is a modern term applied to the style of early 16th-century German plate armour associated with, and possibly first made for the Emperor Maximilian I. The armour is still white armou
Maximilan armour with grotesque mask. In the background are two other Maximilian suits of armour with sparrow-beaked and bellows-shaped visors. Photo taken in the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw.
Schott-Sonnenberg Style of Armour (worn with sallet and gothic gauntlets)
Burgkmair – S. Croce – Basilica Cycle 6
Fluting and imitation slashed or quilted fabrics