in the "Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis" in Brussels


Maximilian armour, German 1525-1550 by W. Grosschedel

This collection includes various objects well-known to the enthusiast, such as the horse cuissard mentioned by Ffoulkes in 'the armourer and his craft'. The captions are copied from the museum catalog. Most pictures are self-explanatory though. Commercial use of the pictures is prohibited by the museum, and I wouldn't like it much either.


For convenience and faster loading, I have split the rest of the display in the following categories: