24th October 2009, 04:29 AM
			
			
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				Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking 
				
				
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				A Very Rare Jousting Saddle, ca. 1525-50
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			The characteristic thickly roped (writhen) iron edges are found on late Maximilian and later suits of armor of the first half of the 16th century. 
 
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