Higgins Armory Collection

Take a look at this interactive 3D Model of Armor for Field and Tilt! The suit of armor is homogenous, with each piece original and made for the suit. The letters S and R found on the back of the helmet stand for the armorer Stefan Rormoser, who completed the armor in 1554 according to dates engraved on the belly and back of the armor. Rormoser’s client was the distinguished Austrian nobleman Franz von Teuffenbach of Styria, who is represented on the breastplate of the suit by an armored man kneeling before a crucifix. Teuffenbach is identified by his name, which is etched on a scroll across the top of the breastplate. Etched below the left shoulder guard is the diamond-shaped image of the "Order of Barbary,” which commemorates Teuffenbach’s military service against the Ottoman Turks in Tunis in 1535.

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Armor for Field and Tilt, of Count Franz von Teuffenbach (1516-1578). Austrian, 1554. Steel, brass, lampblack, restored leather. The John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection, 2014.80.