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This early example of a one-piece breastplate comes from a large horde of armor found in the fortress of the Order of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes, which fell to the Ottomans in 1522. The V-shaped stop rib would deflect the points of weapons away from the neck.
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Title: Breastplate with applied stop-rib
Date: ca. 1420–40
Culture: Italian
Medium: Steel
Classification: Armor Parts-Breastplates
Credit Line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928
Object Number: 29.150.87
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