Milanese cuirass with the skirt and tassets - 1460 year

Milanese cuirass of the 1460 year is a classical model of Italian plate armor. This model of medieval armor is based on the painting “Brera Madonna” by Piero della Francesca.

Brera Madonna, 1472 year

Classical Milan-style cuirass combines features, typical for body defense of those times:

• Roundish breast and back plates, joining together with leather belts;
• Plackart, connected to the upper plates;
• Movable skirt of four horizontal segment, connected together with rivets;
• Tassets, attached to the lower part of skirt;
• Culet – plate for buttocks protection;
• Lance rest on the right side of cuirass.

Such cuirass was usually worn together with different-sized Milanese pauldrons.

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;
• Painting inside
• No decoration;

Main photo shows authentic steel Italian knight cuirass with following options:

• Hardened (tempered) steel 1.0 mm;
• Satin polishing as finish treatment;
• Brown leather belts;
• Handcrafted brass buckles;
• Steel rivets;
• Painting inside
• Decoration – stop rib

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: Milan-style cuirass of the 1450-1485 years, a part of “Avant armor”, 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.