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Right Leg Defense (Greave)

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Right Leg Defense (Greave)

Date: late 15th–early 16th century
Type: Right leg defense (Greave)
Medium: Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Turkish, Istanbul (?)
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 36.25.457
Credit: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

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