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 of the sollerets. The upright shoulder guards attachable to the pauldrons are lost, although the staples for their attachment remain.

The suit we now choose for illustration shows the next step in the evolution of what we have termed the Landsknecht armour. This somewhat later form more than ever constitutes a representative example of this very large family of harness, armour which great nobles wore as complete suits, and which the common soldiers would take as a model for their individual plates. It must have existed in very large quantities; indeed, in the more ordinary make, it is practically the only type of genuine mid-XVIth century armour to be found in the market. Often, as in the case of the harness we are about to describe, these suits are of very fine workmanship, but they present no individual features.

Made for Lazarus Schwendi, Freiherr von Hohenlandsberg. Probably produced at Augsburg, but decorated by Peter Speier of Annaberg about 1550-60. Imperial Armoury, Vienna

Although it is a harness of no very great historical importance and cannot be considered an astonishing production of the armourer's art, the panoply made for Lazarus Schwendi, Freiherr Hohenlandsberg, which is now preserved in the Imperial Armoury of Vienna, is an excellent example of the armour in question (Fig. 1050). The Schwendi suit appears to be the product of Augsburg; though the etched bands with which the surface is enriched certainly show the influence of Peter Speier of Annaberg. The designs of terminal figures, trophies,