Leeds Armouries
Looking up the Hall of Steel, the main staircase for the Armouries. A nice way to show just how much your collection holds.
Leeds Armouries
It's multi-sided, and they display as much as they can.
Leeds Armouries
All kinds of neat toys
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OK. all at once.
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The stairs wind up on the outside of the hollow tower, with smaller displays.
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Reconstruction of a Roman saddle.
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Parthian horse armor, with iron scales sewn to leather.
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Bronze Parthian horse armor
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Nice fluted armor and a two handed sword.
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Plate armor with articulated upper arms and legs
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Another piece with chain for the lower arms.
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Chain arms, steel breastplate and helmet, and articulated cuisses, all decorated with gold.
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An interesting helmet
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Nice pair of pistols
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Musket with a stand.
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Mail paunce, to protect the groin and butt. The ends of the skirt fold around the hips to join in the front, overlapping a connecting insert and a broad cod-piece shaped in heavier links.
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A copy of the painting of the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, alongside a video re-enactment.
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A helmet with a large, and strange, crest
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An even more bizarre crest
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The crest is a winged thing, but the glare on the glass makes it hard to see it properly.
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Meet this guy on the battlefield once, and you'll never forget him.
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Side shot
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Twelve shot revolver, Belgian, about 1875. Some revolvers had as many as 24 chambers. They weren't popular because they were heavy and awkward.
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An "anti-garotting" pistol. Now you've seen everything.