A late 14th c. (1380-1400) cuisse from Croatia with gothic lettering

[AHorsa]

Great. Thank you very much!

[fernando]

Welcome to the forum, Leonymus .
... And so good that our members helped you with your question .

[Raf]

It looks as if the edge bead in Ahorsas fragment has been formed by wrapping it over a iron wire reinforcement. Looking at the arm harness posted above there is a bold edge moulding to the top of the arm which could have been formed in the same way .

[AHorsa]

Originally Posted by fernando

... And so good that our members helped you with your question .

Sorry for abusing this thread a bit, but it is really an interesting topic. I´ve never seen this sort of armour with inscriptions before.

To come back to the initial question on the authenticy of the river find: In my humble opinion I do not see any "red flag" on the iron part of the cuisse (I cannot judge the brass part): We have traces of hammer, we have laminated iron and we have the fact that it was found in a river, not in an historistic castle . In my eyes it is very unlikely that this is a copy.

[LeonymusBosch]

Originally Posted by AHorsa

Sorry for abusing this thread a bit, but it is really an interesting topic. I´ve never seen this sort of armour with inscriptions before.

To come back to the initial question on the authenticy of the river find: In my humble opinion I do not see any "red flag" on the iron part of the cuisse (I cannot judge the brass part): We have traces of hammer, we have laminated iron and we have the fact that it was found in a river, not in an historistic castle . In my eyes it is very unlikely that this is a copy.

Thank you for the opinion on the iron part !

Sorry I didn't answer before. Tough few days, I didn't get the chance to look at the thread at all.

I'm glad Reventlov helped, he's 100% right on the inscription I think.

[LeonymusBosch]

Originally Posted by fernando

Welcome to the forum, Leonymus .
... And so good that our members helped you with your question .

Thank you! I'm glad they found the piece interesting. Hopefully, I'll publish a paper on it this year and put Croatia on the extant plate armour map finally.