16th century Ottoman Krug Turkish armour armor

[ward]

It would be pretty rare if they were a set but these are both breastplates. Ottoman backplates are a little different form

[Gavin Nugent]

Do be a gentleman and please show some some examples Ward or offer an explanation.

I do beleive you are right though, I did however think the rusted top panel attached to large centre circle plate typical of rear Krug plates was once straight and the smaller circle breat plate was the front piece consistant with front plates having smaller circles???
Stone's glossary show on page 39 that they are almost identical as per the image from the presentation in the Reale Armeria di Torino.
The only exception between front and rear is the rear has a straight cut top plate attached that the gorget/shoulder plates join to. I will gather some more images of this armour in due course and publish them on the site.



Gav

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