Gothic Breastplate

c. 1485
Overall: 50.5 x 35.8 x 15.8 cm (19 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Weight: 3.14 kg (6.92 lbs.)
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This breastplate consists of two primary plates of steel fastened at the center by a rivet.

Description

Individual armor elements, like this breastplate, were shaped in ways that would make their surfaces as deflecting as possible. The contours of this breastplate, along with the pronounced vertical ridge down its center, were for precisely this purpose.
Gothic Breastplate

Gothic Breastplate

c. 1485

South Germany or Austria

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