Milan-style cuirass 1450-1485 years, a part of "Avant Armour"

Well-known "Avant Armour" is dating from about 1450-1485 years. It was crafted in Corio workshop, Milano, and was belong to Fon Matsch, the owner of Churburg Castle in the 1450 year. This Milanese armor is one of the most famous type of medieval full-plate body protection.

Now this armour is in almost perfect condition and is shown in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glazgo, Scotland.

Roundish plate cuirass includes several parts:

• Breast plate and back plate. Joined together with leather belts and buckles;
• Plackart, which is fastened to the front and back plates;
• Segmented skirt (faulds), made of horizontal straps, which are connected with rivets and hinges;
• Tassets – plates, which protects hips. Fastened to the lower part of skirt

Other parts of "Avant Armour", such as Milan-style pauldrons and plate legs, will be great addition to this plate body protection.

You can use this functional knight body armour for:

• SCA
• HEMA
• Larp
• Stage performances
• Medieval festivals
• Reenactment events

Base price includes following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.0 mm;
• Satin polishing;
• Brown leather belts;
• Steel nickel-plated buckles;
• Steel rivets;
• No decoration;
• Painting inside

Main photo shows authentic steel Milanese cuirass with following options:

• Metal: hardened steel 1 mm;
• Size – M
• Satin polishing as finish treatment;
• Brown leather belts;
• Handcrafted brass buckles;
• Rivets – steel nails
• Decoration – no
• Milan style pauldrons are the significant part of well-known "Avant Armour" 

In options, you may choose another type and thickness of metal, color of belts, finish treatment and decoration for your knight chest plate.

Benefits, which you’ll get, if you buy knight plate armor at Steel Mastery:

1. Custom-made high-quality metal body armor, handcrafted by your individual parameters;
2. Reliability and comfortable wearing for years;
3. Product made by experienced blacksmiths, who really know how to make a good armor;
4. Convenient payment systems (Paypal, Skrill, Visa, MasterCard, American Express);
5. Flexible return system in case if you don’t like an item.

You may also like these models of Italian style cuirasses: Milanese cuirass with the skirt and tassets of the 1460 year; cuirass in Italian stylistics of the 2nd part of the XV century.

In section “Cuirasses, breastplates and gorgets”, you can see all models that we offer for ordering. If you didn’t find any for your taste and wish, please send us photo and description of the required model and we will make it for you.