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Helmet

Date: late 15th century
Accession Number: 1983.413

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Design of the decoration attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)

Date: dated 1527
Accession Number: 19.131.1a–r, t–w, .2a–c; 27.183.16

Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat

Armor attributed to Richard Holden (British, London, recorded 1658–1708)

Date: ca. 1683
Accession Number: 15.113.1–.5; 29.158.885

Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I

Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)

Date: dated 1549
Accession Number: 33.164a–x

Sword

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 55.46.1

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Date: ca. 1475–80
Accession Number: 23.141

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony

Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active 1590–1610)

Date: dated 1606
Accession Number: 1970.77

Rowel Spur

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 14.25.1737

Album of Tournaments and Parades in Nuremberg

Date: late 16th–mid-17th century
Accession Number: 22.229

Burgonet with Falling Buffe

Date: ca. 1550
Accession Number: 04.3.217; 22.140

Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun

J. C. A. Brun (French, Paris, active 1849–72)

Date: dated 1866
Accession Number: 1993.415

Portions of a Costume Armor

Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1471–1532)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 24.179; 26.188.1, .2; 29.158.363a, b

Cased Set of Flintlock Rifle and Pair of Pistols

Made by Nicolas Noël Boutet (French, Versailles and Paris, 1761–1833)

Date: ca. 1800
Accession Number: 1970.179.1a–q

Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor

Date: ca. 1510
Accession Number: 14.25.716

Shield

Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (Italian, Treviso ca. 1498–1544 Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Date: ca. 1535
Accession Number: 42.50.16

Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)

Peter Peck (German, Munich, 1503–1596)

Date: ca. 1540–45
Accession Number: 14.25.1425

Smallsword of Col. Marinus Willett (1740–1830)

C. Liger (French, Paris, recorded 1770–93)

Date: 1785–86
Accession Number: 17.87.3a, b

Tournament or Cavalry Shield

Date: ca. 1450
Accession Number: 25.26.1

Presentation Smallsword

Made by James Morisset (English, London, active 1768–1800)

Date: hallmarked for 1797–98
Accession Number: 26.145.315a, b

Hunting Sword with Scabbard

Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717–1787 Passau)

Date: ca. 1740
Accession Number: 26.145.243a, b

Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias

Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart (French, Paris, died before October 1715)

Date: dated 1712
Accession Number: 1989.3

Burgonet

Filippo Negroli (Italian, Milan, ca. 1510–1579)

Date: dated 1543
Accession Number: 17.190.1720

Costume Armor in the Classical Style

Helmet includes original paper label of Hallé (French, Paris, active ca. 1780–1800)

Date: ca. 1788–90
Accession Number: 1988.65.1–.2

Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 29.156.67a

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608)

Date: 1586
Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y

Armor

Date: ca. 1400–1450 and later
Accession Number: 29.154.3

Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg

Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460)

Date: dated 1460
Accession Number: 04.3.36

Armor of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 39.121a–n

Sword

Date: ca. 1400
Accession Number: 32.75.225

Flintlock Gun

Pierre Le Bourgeois (French, Lisieux, died 1627)

Date: ca. 1620
Accession Number: 1972.223

Shield of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 34.85