Experimental Armor
Culture
American
Date1917–1918
Mediumsteel, copper, brass, rubber sponge, paint, fabric and leather
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1176
DescriptionConsists of armet-style helmet, neck defense, breastplate with tassets, caplike shoulder guards, vambraces consisting of upper cannon/cowter/lower cannon/handguard, leg defenses consisting of cuisse/poleyn/greaveProvenancePurchased by the museum on 10 June 1940 from Russell Uniform Company (1600 Broadway, NYC). Previously lot #107, U.S. Army Ordnance sale, Middletown Ordnance Reserve Department (Middletown, PA), 19 December 1922. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014. $37.50 paid for entire suit.
On View
Not on view
Northern Italian
1560–1570
