Reinforcement plate
| Reinforcement plate | |
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Reinforcement plate, Grand Guard |
| Use: | armor |
| Region of origin / author: |
Europe , armory |
| Distribution: | Europe |
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The reinforcement plate ( English Grand Guard ) is a late medieval protective weapon from Europe.
description
The reinforcement plate is made of steel , it was used to reinforce already existing field armor for the tournament in order to avoid serious injuries and to prevent damage to the armor. There are different versions of this protective plate. The reinforcement panels covered the wearer's left shoulder, chest, neck and chin. Earlier specimens did not protect the face. There are plates of this type that reach down to basin level. The reinforcement plates are attached to the breastplate with clamps or screwed together firmly. Many of the plates were also made of wood studded with bones or iron plates. The plates lost their meaning when people started to manufacture special armor ( piercing and racing gear ) for the late medieval tournaments.
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. 253.
Web links
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. 534-548 (reprint. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-201-00257-7 ).