Fig. 360.—Helmet, Maximilian armour. (Wallace Collection.)
Fig. 361.—Gorget, Maximilian armour.
A suit ([Fig. 359]) eminently typical of Maximilian armour, having its whole surface ridged throughout in closely grouped channels, is in the Wallace Collection; it was manufactured at Nuremberg in 1535. The closed helmet ([Fig. 360]) is of a very fine pattern, simple but effective, with visor and bavière in one piece, only a narrow occularium being pierced for sight. The neck articulates with the upper plate of the gorget, which consists of four plates ([Fig. 361]).
The breastplate ([Fig. 362]) is ridged with a strongly marked tapul upon the large placcate which strengthens it; the double-headed eagle appears upon the upper portion of this. In the upper centre of the breastplate proper is a hole of square section for affixing a mentonnière or bufe. To the backplate ([Fig. 363]), in the lower part of which occurs a fleur-de-lys, a garde-de-rein of two plates is attached.
