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Lot n° 145 A COMPOSITE HALF ARMOUR, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, SOUTH GERMAN AND ITALIAN comprising Italian morion in the 'Spanish' fashion formed in one piece with a rounded almond-shaped crown rising to a slight 'stalk', and a flat integral brim projecting to an obtuse point front and rear (bent downwards at the front), pierced with a later wiring-hole, its edge formed with a plain inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by fourteen round-headed lining-rivets with copper alloy washers (two washers missing, one incomplete), the surface of the helmet retaining much of a rough from the hammer finish; South German medially-ridged one-piece breastplate of late peascod fashion, flanged outwards at its base, roped inward turn at the neck and arm-openings, engraved with pairs of lines at the arm-openings and a 'V' over the neck-opening, struck with Nuremburg city mark twice and the letter 'N', fitted with single-end iron buckle at each of the shoulders and two at the waist, well-shaped closely matching backplate engraved with pairs of lines at the neck, symmetrical Italian pauldrons of three broad upper lames and five narrower ones beneath them (some disarticulation), two Italian tassets each of nine lames (restorations), one painted 'GP' for Giocco del Ponte on the inside (areas of rust)