The sallad (Fig. 17) is very heavy, and of the usual German form. There are traces of a leather lining, and besides the ocularium there are two small holes above the forehead. The mentonnière is fastened to the breastplate by a cusped clasp; the neck and chin-piece can be raised or lowered at pleasure, and there is a spring catch for the purpose. The cuirass is most elegant in shape, and being much longer than that on the Beauchamp effigy brings out clearly its later date. It consists of three plates, the two lower slightly overlapping, leaving decorative margins, and they converge to points along the tapul at the breastbone and below. The lower plates are riveted, and add both strength and elasticity to the piece. There are holes on the right breast for fixing a lance-rest, and on the left are two holes for fastening on a grand-guard for tilting. The taces consist of three lames, and to these the tuilles are attached by straps and buckles. The tuilles are very graceful, with angular flutings, and terminate in a point. The cuisses are decorative, while the genouillières are small, with bivalve guards. The épaulières and rerebraces are laminated, the coudières pointed, and held in their places by straps. The rondelles are unfortunately missing. The gauntlets are articulated, with sharp gadlings over the knuckles and first finger joints. The garde-de-reine consists of three lames. The sollerets are “à la poulaine” in an extreme form, but the tips can be disconnected at pleasure for foot fighting, like those on the effigy of the Black Prince. The lower part of the body is protected by a skirt of mail. The Sigmaringen harness exhibits many points of contact with a beautiful suit recently acquired by Prince Ernst of Windisch-Graetz, which is a glorious specimen of the armourer’s art at his very best. The tuilles of this example are not pointed, as is the case on the Sigmaringen suit. A “Gothic” suit from the collection of Prince Carl of Prussia now in the Zeughaus at Berlin, of which an illustration is given in Fig. 18, is very beautiful. The finely modelled breastplate has a fluted rim across the upper chest, a feature that is uncommon in Gothic armour, but of which other examples are given under the heading “The Cuirass.” The rondelles are ornamented with curved radiating flutings, in the matrix of which a projecting spike is fixed. The coudières are sharply pointed at the elbow, while the tuilles are large, with a shape not unlike that of the larger pair on the “Beauchamp” effigy, though bevelled and pointed. The sollerets are “à la poulaine,” in the extreme form.