The bullet proof "off topic" variant ...
 

Panoleon, may i appologize for diverting but Jim, you are a Texas wanderer. Have you ever been in Waco, in a visit to the Texas Rangers museum ?
You sure remember the American (Ned Kelly) bullet proof 'home version' ;). Also a failure ... also a dramatic one :shrug: .


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Thanks Fernando,
Yup, Ive been there OK, and had forgotten this anomaly.
In further thinking, one of the tangible theories which has been mentioned here, but gained no further traction, is Colin's suggestion that perhaps this was an old armor put onto an iron display setup.

Without further evidence of such apparatus (a good descriptive word Fernando)being actually worn, this seems a viable theory which is tenable as a reasonable explanation.

In museums I have seen excavated swords and relics which were displayed mounted on clear plastic casing to fill in for the missing elements.

Making me remember #10:

Well that was my fox paws!!! Sorry Fernando, my bad...........
As noted, it was a good suggestion.

As indeed, very small in height, as per given measures; a 'suspicious' neck opening shape, as too squarish; and no visible marks of having had a means to hold it over shoulders and sides.