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Spanish soldiers wore steel armor as they colonized the Americas, bringing trauma and social change to the Indigenous people. This image is a fiction imagined in the 1800s of the meeting of Spanish conqueror, Hernán Cortés, and the Aztec ruler, Moctezuma, following Cortés’s march to Tenochtitlan in 1519.
May 20, 2015 · The armor was made by Hans Ringler of Nuremburg c.1530-40 and says a couple of things about Otto. The black portions have been left unpolished and “rough from the hammer”, like the suits of armor worn by battle-hardened soldiers. The gold etching shows his noble status. Morning star, c. 1500, and a decorated parade shield of roughly the ...
Oct 16, 2022 · Maximilian plate armor made the best use of metal. The rounded curves and fluting designs of this style maximized its protective capabilities and allowed for a fully customizable fit. Fluting details on the helmet and upper body armor. This armor detailing gave the metal extra durability. Alexpreeves, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This armor from the British Royal Armouries combines the torso armor of a foot soldier with the helmet of a lightly-armored cavalryman known as a harquebusier. Together, they appear to have been decorated with radiating patterns of gilded stars for a ceremonial occasion sometime in the 1700s.
Neither armor is complete, and the sizes of the former owners are necessarily broad estimates, yet the differences in size and stature are remarkable: while the owner of the first armor was probably around 6 feet 4 inches (ca. 193 cm) tall, with his chest measuring about 54 inches (137 cm) in circumference, the owner of the latter harness, probably Emperor Ferdinand, does not appear to have ...
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The revival of medieval armor techniques has also given rise to new innovations and adaptations. Modern materials such as Kevlar and carbon fiber have been incorporated into armor designs for added strength and durability, while advancements in 3D printing technology have made it easier to create custom-fit armor pieces.
