Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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AN INFANTRY HALF-ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY,
GERMANY OR SWISS
comprising burgonet with two-piece skull joined along a
high medial comb, fitted at the front with a fixed pointed
peak, at the rear with a short neck-guard of one lame, and
at each side with a pair of hinged cheek-pieces each
pierced with five circular ventilation-holes, ‘almain’ collar
formed of two plates secured by a slotted hole and stud at
the right, breastplate with medially-ridged main plate
drawn-out to a vestigial peascod and flanged outwards at
the base to receive an integral fauld, a pair of near
rectangular tassets each of five lames, backplate formed in
one piece and flanged outwards at the base, the main
edges of the armour with plain inward turns, the subsidiary
edges with pairs of incised lines, the inside of the skull of
the helmet painted with an early Solothurn arsenal number,
and the right cheek-piece and breastplate each stamped
with further Solothurn arsenal numbers, stand not included
Provenance
Dr. Giesker, Zurich
The Solothurn Zeughaus
‡ £7000-9000
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