EditorialReinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the Joust. South German; Augsburg. Date: 1545-1575. Dimensions: H. 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.) Weight: Buffe: 2 lbs. 15 oz. Targe: 5 lbs. 10 oz. Steel. Origin: Augsburg.
EditorialGiovacchino Fortini, Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723), Grand Duke of Tuscany 1670-1723, ca. 1700, bronze, 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.), Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723) was the penultimate regent in a long line of Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany. He is often ch...
EditorialReinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the Joust. South German; Augsburg. Date: 1545-1575. Dimensions: H. 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.) Weight: Buffe: 2 lbs. 15 oz. Targe: 5 lbs. 10 oz. Steel. Origin: Augsburg.
EditorialCuirassier Armor, ca. 1610?30, Milan; Brescia, Lombardy, Italian, Milan or Brescia, Steel, gold, leather, textile, H. as mounted 54 in. (137.2 cm); Wt. 86 lb. 8 oz. (39.24 kg), Armor for Man, The construction and build of this armor are typical of a cu...
EditorialHarquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683?1706), ca. 1683 and later, London, British, London, Steel, gold, leather, textile, Wt. 43 lb. 5 oz. (19.6 kg); helmet: 14 x 11 x 15 1/4 in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 38.7 cm); Wt. 9 lb. 10 oz. (4354...
EditorialReinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the Joust. South German; Augsburg. Date: 1545-1575. Dimensions: H. 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.) Weight: Buffe: 2 lbs. 15 oz. Targe: 5 lbs. 10 oz. Steel. Origin: Augsburg.
EditorialPhotograph - Captured German Trench on a Somme Battlefield, France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916, Black and white photographic print which depicts a captured German trench somewhere on the Somme battlefield. Trench warfare was heavily employed...
EditorialReinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the Joust. South German; Augsburg. Date: 1545-1575. Dimensions: H. 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.) Weight: Buffe: 2 lbs. 15 oz. Targe: 5 lbs. 10 oz. Steel. Origin: Augsburg.
EditorialReinforcing Breastplate, ca. 1625?30, probably Milan, Italian, probably Milan, Steel, silver, H. 16 in. (40.6 cm); W. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); D. 11 in. (27.9 cm); Wt. 14 lb. 11 oz. (6662 g), Armor Parts-Breastplates, This reinforcing breastplate was inte...
EditorialCuirassier Armor, ca. 1610?30, Milan; Brescia, Lombardy, Italian, Milan or Brescia, Steel, gold, leather, textile, H. as mounted 54 in. (137.2 cm); Wt. 86 lb. 8 oz. (39.24 kg), Armor for Man, The construction and build of this armor are typical of a cu...
EditorialHarquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683?1706), ca. 1683 and later, London, British, London, Steel, gold, leather, textile, Wt. 43 lb. 5 oz. (19.6 kg); helmet: 14 x 11 x 15 1/4 in. (35.6 x 27.9 x 38.7 cm); Wt. 9 lb. 10 oz. (4354...
EditorialClose Helmet for the Tourney, late 16th century, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, brass, canvas, silk, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm); D. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Wt. 8 lb. (3629 g), Helmets, The tourney was a mock combat fought in an open fi...