# Portions of a Costume Armor

- By: Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg 1471–1532)
- Date: ca. 1525
- Medium: Steel, copper alloy, gold
- Classification: Armor for Man
- Dimensions: H. 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. 18 in. (45.7 cm); Wt. 24 lb. 3.24 oz. (10.978 kg)
- Culture: German, Augsburg
- Credit line: Backplate and rump: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1924; vambraces: Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness Fund, 1926; top lames of vambraces: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/27790)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/aa/web-large/DP-22969-001.jpg
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