COPY OF AN ARTICULATED REREBRACE OF ABOUT 1520-30

For the right arm. Six articulated plates to protect the upper arm and shoulder. Form used in the late Gothic period, before the fully developed pauldron and worn with besagews to protect the under/inner arm when the arm was raised. The terminal plated with rolled edges. The bottom with raised border. Upper buckle to connect to the gorget and lower strap and buckle (complete).