Below are the images of selected armor used in selected
countries. I will add to this from time to time - mainly
upon request - when identification of a certain type is
requested.
My intent is to help the novice collector, not to help line
the pockets of pseudo antique dealers.
The best advice I can offer to the novice collector is,
"READ BOOKS."
There are a number of wonderful books available and below
I have listed some of my favorites.
AGAIN, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
"ARMOR from Ancient to Modern Times"
by Peter Klucina and Pavol Pevny - Barnes & Noble Books
"Arms and Armour" - by Vesey Norman - Octopus Books
"Arms and Armour" - by Frederick Wilkinson - Chancellor Press
"Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago"
by Walter J. Karcheski, Jr. - A Bullfinch Press Book
"Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knight - An Illustrated History of Weaponry in the Middle Ages" by David Edge and John Miles Paddock - Crescent Books
"IMPERIAL AUSTRIA, Treasure of Art, Arms & Armour from the State of Styria"
by Peter Krenn and Walter J. Karcheski, Jr. - Art Exhibitions Australia Limited
"RUSSIAN ARMS and ARMOR"
Edited by Yuri Miller - Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad
"Arms and Armor of the Samurai - The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan"
by I. Bottomley and A.P. Hopson - Crescent Books
"JAPANESE ARMOR: The Galeno Collection"
Collection of William A. Galeno, M.D., Text by Ian Bottomley - Stone Bridge Press
"JAPANESE Arms & Armor"
with an Introduction by H. Russell Robinson, F.S.A. - Crown Publishers
