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Outer vambrace plate - A-55-b-front Outer vambrace plate - A-55-b-inside Outer vambrace plate - A-55-angle Outer vambrace plate - A-55-a Outer vambrace plate - A-55-a-inside Outer vambrace plate - InteriorSlottedPlateArmeemuseum

Outer vambrace plate 1480-1500

From a late 15th century German 'splint' vambrace. Surface covered with diagonal flutes. 2 horzontal flutes paralleling the wrist. Simple outward fold at the wrist. Inside includes a separate strip running vertically that forms a slot for the hand protection. This is very atypical - these were usually attached by placing a slot in the main plate. The vambrace covers the outer third of the arm.

8 1/2 in. long at the outside and 5 3/4 in. long at the inside. It is 6 in. wide at the top and tapers (very slightly) to 5 3/4 in. at the wrist. Normally a vambrace tapers more than this, but splints which include hand protection that slides inside the vambrace need to be much more tubular.

Thickness .028' - .048', mostly .030 - .035.

Similar interior plate on the early 16th c. splint with vertical fluting typical of the period in the Bayerische Armeemuseum Ingolstadt splint with inventory number A633?. An interior picture of it taken by Michael Koepff is illustrated for comparison.




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