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Germania
height (total armor only) 182 cm.
Interlocking close helmet with low comb provided with roped border, the skull consisting of two halves joined in the centre and provided with a plume-holder on the rear side, on the back holes for a crest. Cut-off visor featuring a mouthpiece for the comb, thin eye-slots and pressure hook (the lifting gauntlet is missing). Ventail ribbed at the center with round air holes on the left side and segmented on the right side; the lever on the lower side with a gauntlet worked with flower. Bevor with ribbed chin and release hook on the right side. The lower side of the helmet with a row of rivets featuring a brass head, slot with ropes back. The inside with remains of old leather strings and in brown patina. Gorget with neckline featuring a thick roped cord (perfectly interlocking with the helmet), three neck plates on both front and back, wide single-plated plates; rivets with brass head. Breast-plate ribbed at the center with a neckline featuring a thick rope; the pauldron small-plates fixed with rivets and roped en suite; on the right side three eyelets for a rest; below the neckline two unidentified marks; the lower border ends in a waist plate hinged by rivets, with a single loin-guards plate below. The back-plate with edges on the upper side and swallow-tailed margins featuring a roped and hemmed neckline; the lower border provided with an articulated waist-plate; single-plate backpiece with a margin with a decoration similar to the one on the neckline. Full symmetrical brassards provided with pauldrons featuring a fine rope, the joint with the gorget featuring a snap-on pivot; rounded elbow-pieces with wings roped en suite; the vanbraces provided with brass hinges; articulated gauntlets with scaled fingers (all present, the thumb hinged with a brass element), six-plated backs; all rivets with brass heads. Four-plate tassets continuing the profile of the backpiece, and with rivets provided with brass heads. Full-leg defenses, two-plated cuissards and ribbed at the center like the knee-cops which are also provided with wings; the greaves fixed with nails ribbed at the center (also on the rear side). Articulated sabaton featuring plates ribbed at the center. Skull, pauldrons, breastplates, elbow-pieces, gauntlets, lower ends of the tassets, knee-cops and tip of the sabatons all engraved with fine floral motifs (most probably made in the 19th century in the style of Anton Peffenhauser) on with a blackened background (possibly with small remains of gilding). Most of the leather strings replaced in more recent times. Mounted on an old wooden mannequin, partially covered with leather and upholstered fabric, with wooden pedestal.
height (total armor only) 182 cm.
Interlocking close helmet with low comb provided with roped border, the skull consisting of two halves joined in the centre and provided with a plume-holder on the rear side, on the back holes for a crest. Cut-off visor featuring a mouthpiece for the comb, thin eye-slots and pressure hook (the lifting gauntlet is missing). Ventail ribbed at the center with round air holes on the left side and segmented on the right side; the lever on the lower side with a gauntlet worked with flower. Bevor with ribbed chin and release hook on the right side. The lower side of the helmet with a row of rivets featuring a brass head, slot with ropes back. The inside with remains of old leather strings and in brown patina. Gorget with neckline featuring a thick roped cord (perfectly interlocking with the helmet), three neck plates on both front and back, wide single-plated plates; rivets with brass head. Breast-plate ribbed at the center with a neckline featuring a thick rope; the pauldron small-plates fixed with rivets and roped en suite; on the right side three eyelets for a rest; below the neckline two unidentified marks; the lower border ends in a waist plate hinged by rivets, with a single loin-guards plate below. The back-plate with edges on the upper side and swallow-tailed margins featuring a roped and hemmed neckline; the lower border provided with an articulated waist-plate; single-plate backpiece with a margin with a decoration similar to the one on the neckline. Full symmetrical brassards provided with pauldrons featuring a fine rope, the joint with the gorget featuring a snap-on pivot; rounded elbow-pieces with wings roped en suite; the vanbraces provided with brass hinges; articulated gauntlets with scaled fingers (all present, the thumb hinged with a brass element), six-plated backs; all rivets with brass heads. Four-plate tassets continuing the profile of the backpiece, and with rivets provided with brass heads. Full-leg defenses, two-plated cuissards and ribbed at the center like the knee-cops which are also provided with wings; the greaves fixed with nails ribbed at the center (also on the rear side). Articulated sabaton featuring plates ribbed at the center. Skull, pauldrons, breastplates, elbow-pieces, gauntlets, lower ends of the tassets, knee-cops and tip of the sabatons all engraved with fine floral motifs (most probably made in the 19th century in the style of Anton Peffenhauser) on with a blackened background (possibly with small remains of gilding). Most of the leather strings replaced in more recent times. Mounted on an old wooden mannequin, partially covered with leather and upholstered fabric, with wooden pedestal.
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