Armor for the real gesture

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Armor for the real gesture
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Information
Weapon type: Protective weapon
Designations: Armor for the real gesture
Use: armor
Creation time: Around 1540
Region of origin /
author: 		Holy Roman Empire , armorer
Distribution: Europe
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The armor for the Realgestech or for the Plankengestech was a tournament armor for a special form of tournament called "Realgestech" or "Plankengestech".

description

Armor with reinforcement plates

This armor was intended for a special form of tournament, called real or plank gesture. The armor was usually a normal war or tournament armor, which was adapted to the tournament with special additional parts (reinforcing plates , reinforcing pieces , English "Reinforcing Pices"). The left side of the carrier was particularly heavily armored with these components in order to be able to withstand a hit and without the risk of serious or fatal injury.

Reinforcement parts: Armor with stiff beard, break shield and helmet bracing (left and bottom middle), break shield (right below), stiff beard (right above), heavy double shoe (top middle)

The helmet was reinforced on the left side of the head and the visor area on the left side was closed. When the real gestech came into fashion, special helmets were made that already contained the safety reinforcements. On the right side there were flaps or small doors (helmet doors) that could be opened by the wearer with a rope to allow a better air supply. The shoulder and chest area was enlarged and also reinforced. The neck area was made from one piece so that the head was immobile. The left arm was reinforced and the elbow tiles were greatly enlarged so that they reached the upper half of the upper arm.

Tournament armor with fingerless gauntlet

The elbow joint was also made from one piece with the forearm armor and was immobile. The arm could not be stretched or bent. The gauntlets were partly made without fingers, so that the area of ​​the fingers resembled a square box. On some armor, an additional breakaway shield was screwed onto the left side of the breastplate, the struts attached to the front should prevent the lance tip from sliding off. The upper left leg pocket tassette has also been reinforced. Heavy iron shoes ( heavy double shoe ) were often worn to protect against touching the plank that separated the tournament riders .

In the second half of the 16th century , special armors were made, especially for the court of Saxony , which appear to be a mixture of old lancing and racing gear and parts of the armor required for the real gesture. In some cases, this armor was again provided with racing hats ( Schaller ), which had a strut on the back of the armor. This strut was connected to the helmet and ensured that the neck would not be broken if the helmet was hit. Since the sallet was mostly too open towards the neck area, a strong, stiff beard was screwed onto the chest. These beards were usually provided with a helmet window. This type of armor was probably the invention of an armorer at the court of Elector August I of Saxony. This special armor is called "Saxon tournament armor" to distinguish it from other tournament armor.

This armor is the last type of tournament armor to be made. They were used until around 1590 .

See also

literature

  • Auguste Demmin, CC Black: An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor , Echo Library Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1 .
  • Charles John ffoulkes : Inventory and Survey of the Armories of the Tower of London, Volume 1 , London 1916, pages 104–113, 168–170, 178 [1]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tournament helmet with small helmet doors in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, available online, (English accessed on September 23, 2011)
  2. ↑ Charles John Ffoulkes , Inventory and Survey of the Armories of the Tower of London , London 1916, page 178th
  3. ↑ Auguste Demmin, CC Black, An Illustrated History of Arms and Armor , Verlag Echo Library, 2008, page 604, ISBN 978-1-84830-049-1
  4. ↑ Reinforcement plates or parts in the Royal Armories ( Memento from August 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), available online, (English, viewed on September 18, 2011)
  5. ↑ Wendelin Boeheim: Handbook of Armament. Reprint d. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8 , pages 565-569