Breastplate, back armour and helmet


16th to 17th centuries Iron, forging, casting 37 x 55 cm, 40 x 55 cm, 30 x 20 cm The breastplate and helmet are a part of the cavalry armour of an arquebusier, a light cavalryman. The neckline and arm-lines are edged with a rope motif. The stomach has a beak-like protrusion. Below the neckline the number 26 is forged. The helmet has a high crest running down the rounded half-sphere head guard to the back of the head and neck. A guard on the forehead. Ear-guards are forged out of a single piece of sheet iron with five holes, fixed to the half-sphere with hinges and rivets. On the lower part of the back, a collar is fixed with rivets. Bought from M. Siprak in 1980. M. Sercer, Oruzje 16. i 17. stoljeca, Muzej seljackih buna, Gornja Stubica, 1987; M. Sercer, Staro oruzje, Gradski muzej Senj, 1989. The catalogue description is partly taken from Marija Sercer.




HPM/PMH-030558(a,b) HPM/PMH-030559