Matt Johnston of Dedham aka Matthaus Kettner, his SCA name, poses in his 1520s Bavarian dress. Johnson is a metalsmith who created his own fencing helmet made from hammered sheet steel in his work shop. Johnston has also created metal armor made in the same fashion.
Foot Combat Armor of King Henry VIII (ca. 1520)
ca. 1515 - 'field armour, later poleyns, greaves and sabatons', German, Karsten Klingbeil Collection, Pierre Bergé & associés Auction House, Brussels, Belgium
A rare German full armour for the field, comprehensively circa 1515. Comprising close helmet adapted within its early working life to rotate on the gorget, the helmet now of armet construction, with broad rounded skull of one piece rising to a strongly fluted cabled comb, fitted with an additional plate flanged for the gorget, fitted with a pair of hinged cheek-pieces closed by a hook and eye at the chin, the flange at the base of the neck-plate and the cheek-pieces decorated en suite with…
Pictures request, 1500 German Armour
The armour of Schott Von Hellingen circa 1500
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Close Helmet
Artist/maker unknown, Southern German or Austrian
Field Armor
Artist/maker unknown, German
Royal Oak Armoury
German demi-gauntlets, c.1510. Based closely on artifacts A256, A257 from the Wallace collection, London. Modern reproduction
Field Armor
Artist/maker unknown, German
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Allen Antiques Catalog
European Armour, Medieval Armour, Medieval Armor, European Armor, Medieval Knife, Tudor Knife, Medieval Spur, Reproduction Medieval Armor, Gauntlet














