NauticalMart Medieval Knight Full Suit of Armor Steel Breastplate Arm Armour

Description

The suit of armour came into use at the beginning of the 15th Century. The suit of armour was worn over regular underclothesand 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. They were used in battle, on parades and during tournaments. ARMOR Size – 6 FEET.