Couter (elbow) 1540-1570
South German for light field use. Possibly Augsburg. For the left elbow. Constructed in one piece to be secured to the arming doublet by laces. Open at the rear, with a medial ridge. Edges with notched inward-turned rolls with a band of etching along the border.
I have found similarly shaped (here I am classifying the shape as a floating elbow with rounded elbow, rolled edges, relatively narrow in form and covering app. 2/3 of the way around the arm - not a full bracelet), but much more highly decorated elbows on armors for Charles V in the KHM (Vienna) and Real Armeria (Madrid).
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