NauticalMart German Gothic Suit of Armor 17th Century Full Body Knight Armour Silver

Description

The suit of armour came into use at the beginning of the 15th Century.The suit of armour was worn over regular underclothes and was attached to the wearer using leather straps and buckles. IT was used to protect areas that could not be protected with plate armor. Suit of armor usually consists of thehelm,breastplate and backplate (cuirass with often attached faulds and tassets), gauntlets, pauldrons (or spaulders), vambraces, couters, sabatons (foot armor), greaves (to protect shins)and gorget, sometimes called a neckguard. Suits of armour had various uses.