Costume Armor reproducing the puffed and slashed costume of the German Landsknechte German (Augsburg) 1525 CE

Costume Armor reproducing the puffed and slashed costume of the German Landsknechte German (Augsburg) 1525 CE
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Image by mharrsch
Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York.

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One Response to “Costume Armor reproducing the puffed and slashed costume of the German Landsknechte German (Augsburg) 1525 CE”

  1. ranwulf Says: February 16th, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Good shot – you should see the front! The reason the Met keeps it turned to the corner is because it sports a large codpiece – considered vulgar today, but quite in fashion in 1520:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranwulf/3347907030/]
    The armourer was Kolman Helmschmid; the client was Wilhelm von Roggendorf, Marshall of Austria. This is not "costume" armour, btw – it’s parade armour: not practical, but definitely functional.

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