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Aqtai · 14th September 2005, 06:46 PM

If you are talking about the 5th picture along, the one that looks like this:

I'm sorry to say it is a greave. Oriental greaves strap to the outside of the leg.

If you have a look at the picture of the mannequin wearing the full armour with the krug cuirass, you can just make them out.

Here is photo I took of one at the Royal Armouries museum.

Here is a complete greave and cuisse assembly. It's from that Osprey book on Ottoman Armies.

Here's a 15th century Turkish cuisse as well.

BTW, that's a nice website you found there. There is a partial embossed krug on the first page.

14th September 2005, 06:46 PM	#12
Aqtai Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 222	If you are talking about the 5th picture along, the one that looks like this: I'm sorry to say it is a greave. Oriental greaves strap to the outside of the leg. If you have a look at the picture of the mannequin wearing the full armour with the krug cuirass, you can just make them out. Here is photo I took of one at the Royal Armouries museum. Here is a complete greave and cuisse assembly. It's from that Osprey book on Ottoman Armies. Here's a 15th century Turkish cuisse as well. BTW, that's a nice website you found there. There is a partial embossed krug on the first page.