Two Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558)

Attributed to Desiderius Helmschmid German

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These detached ear guards belong to a shaffron from the most famous of Charles V's (1500–1558) armors, the so-called Mühlberg garniture (after the Battle of Mühlberg––April 24, 1547––at which the emperor wore parts of that armor). Dated 1544, the large garniture consists of several hundred elements, including six shaffrons.

Two Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), Attributed to Desiderius Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1513–1579), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg

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