A composite cavalry armour dating: Late 16th Century provenance: Europe, Close helmet, with skull in one piece and provided with low comb with twisted border. Raisable, cusped visor, with narrow eye-holes and long knuckle-shield. Ventail with air holes on both sides, decorated differently. Beaver with release-button. Nape-guard and neck-guard with one plate with swallow-tailed border and twisted rope. Gorget with three-plate loin-guards, the front side ribbed at the center. The breast-plate ribbed at the center with marked tapul, neckline with thick rope followed by the remains of two marks (the right one maybe is the Nuremberg mark), and an 'A' surmounting a cross. The pauldron small-plates with a thick, twisted rope. The breast and back plate with gleanings on the upper side. The culet with a single plate. The front back-piece with three plates and provided with knee-cops that can be converted into tassets (three segmented can be disassembled). Complete brassards. Inarticulated gauntlets. Some reparation and restoration, mostly on the helmet. Provided with restored leather strings with buckles. Mannequin not included. height armour circa 124 cm.