Breastplate from Hussar's Cuirass

c. 1580 Overall: 42.3 x 35 cm (16 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.) Source image
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This style of breastplate, with its numerous articulating lames, was probably used by a Hungarian hussar, a type of light cavalryman. The steel plates were originally blued-now turned russet-and etched and gilded with strapwork bands. The rows of vertical holes once provided g...

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