An imposing armour with helmet attributed to Anton Peffenhauser (c. 1525 - 1603) dating: about 1580 provenance: Germany, Skull in one piece, with comb with a thin border with roped engraving. Raisable visor, strongly elongated, with slot for a brim, thin eye-slots, sharpened front part, ribbed in the center, provided with opening lever on the right side; ventail with double rows of rectangular ventilation holes, present on both sides. Beaver and base of the skull with release snap buttons. Nape-guard and neck-guard both of two plates, external edge file-roped and with roped border. Iron rivets. Gorget with four front and back plates, neckline with very thick and twisted rope, the two lower plates with undulated gleanings. Breast-plate ribbed in the center and with well relieved tapul, gleanings with recessed undulated lines above; thick neckline of the breast-plate and pauldron small plates (smooth) with rope faced outward. Front loin-guard of two plates carved en suite with tassets with upper borders with festooned decorations alternated with smooth segments; all the lower edge with recessed band and with rope, which on the last two plates of tassets, becomes thick and well relieved, twisted as well. Back-plate provided with smooth protrusion. Smooth shoulder and brassards plates, internal border with recessed band and roped. Similar decoration on the elbow piece. Cuffs ribbed in the center, articulated hands with complete scaled fingers. Full-leg defense, all with drawing ribbed in the center. Articulated cuissards, provided with two additional plates and ending in a lunette with twisted roping. Knee-cop wings roped as well. Articulated sabbatons and with roping at the cap. Restored leather strings. Iron rivets. Armour height circa 180 cm. On a wooden exhibition mannequin, complete with high pedestal and accompanied by an antique ring-mail segment in the front part. Massive combat armour with a beautiful helmet which, although not signed, is a typical work of Anton Peffenhauser. height total with base circa 210 cm.