Breaking shield
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Breaking shield, Stechtartsche, Tartsche for Realgestech |
| Use: | Shield, armor |
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Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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The breaking shield , also tartsche for the real gestech , stechtartsche , is a late medieval protective weapon and an armament component from Europe.
description
The break shield is made of steel . It covers the area of the chest, the left arm and part of the neck. On its front, diamond-shaped steel struts are attached, which serve to slow down the opponent's lance tip during a stabbing race , to hold it, to offer it resistance and to ensure that the lance breaks and does not slide off the shield. It is attached to the harness with screws and secured against loosening with wing nuts. The other versions of the tartschen are made of wood and are usually covered with fabric or leather and in some versions with square pieces of stag horn . They are only intended for stabbing with blunt lances that are equipped with a crown . But they actually serve the same purpose as the breakaway shield . In contrast to running with a blunt lance, these stabs were intended to be carried out with sharp lances, hence the name sharp races. The breaking shield was not worn in combat, but only in tournaments. It also served as a target for the opposing rider. The armor that was used in the sharp races was particularly heavily armored to prevent possible injuries (see stabbing and racing kit ).
literature
- George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. With an Introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , p. 622.
- Auguste Demmin : An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor from the earliest Period to the present time. Translated by CC Black. G. Bell & Sons, London 1901, pp. 422, 430, 442 (reprinted. Wildhern Press, Teddington 2008, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1 ).
Web links
- Stechtartsche on armor in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Stechtartsche at Christie's, London (No. 111)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim : Handbook of Armament. The weapon system in its historical development from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century (= Seemanns Kunstgewerbliche Handbücher. Vol. 7, ZDB -ID 53757-3 ). Seemann, Leipzig 1890, pp. 567-568 (reprint. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-201-00257-7 ).