Double-disk armor

Double-disk armor
Information
Weapon type:	Protective weapon
Designations:	Picenian disc armor, double-disc armor type Alfedana, heart armor
Use:	armor
Working time:	600 to 500 BC Chr.
Region of origin / ; author:	Italy , hill tribes of central Italy, armourers
Distribution:	Italy
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The two-disc tanks (Type Alfedana), also Picenian plate armor or heart Panzer is a defense from Italy.

description

The double-pane armor is made of bronze . It consists of two discs of the same size that are similar to a shield . They have a diameter of 19.7 cm. The shields have an iron lining and an iron border . The middle of both shields are often decorated with a picture of a mythical animal , or with thick rivets , which has long legs and a head in the shape of a duck . The plates were attached to the shoulder and trunk with a leather shoulder strap. The armor also includes a neck guard made of bronze, which has a diameter of about 18.4 cm. This type of armor was used by the hill tribes of central Italy in the fight against Rome and was extremely rare.

literature

Karl Schefold : The Greeks and their neighbors (= Propylaea Art History Vol. 1). Propylaea Verlag, Berlin 1967, p. 327.
xx: ??? . In: John Boardman , MA Brown, Thomas George Eyre Powell (Eds.): The European community in later prehistory. Studies in honor of CFC Hawkes . Taylor & Francis, 1971, ISBN 978-0-7100-6940-5 , p. 35.

Web links

Similar armor of the same type at Christie's London

Individual evidence

↑ Peter F. Stary, On Iron Age Armament and Combat Methods in Central Italy (approx. 9th to 6th century BC): Texts and Notes , Volume 3 of Marburg Studies on Pre- and Early History, Volume 1 of Zur Eisenzeitliche Armament and fighting methods in central Italy, Verlag P. von Zabern, 1981, page 69, 213, ISBN 978-3-8053-0510-5
↑ Hermann Historica, Munich, available online, (German, accessed on February 18, 2011) ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
^ Hermann Historica: Zweiskibenpanzer ( Memento from May 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Peter F. Stary, On Iron Age Armament and Combat Methods in Central Italy (approx. 9th to 6th century BC): Texts and Notes , Volume 3 of Marburg Studies on Pre- and Early History, Volume 1 of Zur Eisenzeitliche Armament and fighting methods in central Italy, Verlag P. von Zabern, 1981, page 69, 213, ISBN 978-3-8053-0510-5

[2] Hermann Historica, Munich, available online, (German, accessed on February 18, 2011) ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

[Nr.1-3] Hermann Historica: Zweiskibenpanzer ( Memento from May 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive )