German Horsemans axe of 16th century?

[David R]

The axe looks legit to me, just new to us on the forum. I would say worst case is a 19th century presentation or decorative axe, and best case Eastern European battle axe of the 17th C or earlier.

Regarding armour, the stuff was made to fit, weighed less than a current grunts full kit, and most of the weight borne by the horse. Here is me in my old harness, it gets hot as hell and you sweat like a pig,but no worse than that it is for the guys in Iraq.