Among all the gold products in this treasure, Yang Jing estimated that this set of golden armor was the most precious.
This set of armor did not look like this just now, but was scattered among these gold products. George Bruce was very careful. He found a helmet and an arm guard, so he put these two things aside and continued to pick up other gold products. As a result, he found a breastplate, leg guards, shoulder guards, and abdominal armor one after another. After picking them up, he actually put them together into a complete set of gold armor.
This is real golden armor, which is not comparable to those so-called golden armors in Europe. It is a real armor made entirely of gold!
Armor was very popular in both Europe and Asia when cold weapons were used in ancient times. However, the amount of armor that has been passed down to the present day is far less in East Asia than in Europe.
In Europe, there are several so-called "golden armors" that are particularly famous and valuable.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Sir James Scudmore, a famous courtier and general in the Elizabethan dynasty, forged a set of "golden armor" from Greenwich in 1585. Although this set of armor is named "gold", it is actually etched steel plated with gold, and it is partially gold-plated.
Another set of armor comes from the German region in the 16th century. It is called the Tournament Armor of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, John William. From the name, we can see that this set of armor that has been preserved to this day is used by two people. In fact, the owner of this set of armor is the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, but the user is the Duke's subordinate, John William.
This suit of armor was cast in Augsburg in 1565. The main materials are etched steel, gold, copper, textiles and leather. The main body of the armor is steel and partly gold-plated, but now this suit of armor is also called "golden armor".
There is also a set of golden armor that also comes from England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. George Clifford, the third Earl of Cumberland in England at that time, was a general who was good at fighting. This set of armor was his combat equipment. It was made by the Greenwich Royal Factory in 1586 under the guidance of Jacob Holder, the master of English armor. The main materials are etched steel and gold. The fine patterns and gorgeous decorations represent the highest level of English royal armor production and are very precious.
This armor is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States. It is named the Armor of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland. This armor is also made of etched steel and partly gold-plated.
Of course, in addition to these three famous sets of golden armor, there is another more famous set of golden armor, which is a set of imperial armor from the famous Ferdinand I. Ferdinand I was the Archduke of Austria and the Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg Dynasty. He was the Emperor of the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty and the King of Hungary and Bohemia. Ferdinand I was a military emperor, and this set of armor was made in 1549.
Unfortunately, this famous set of imperial armor is also made of etched steel with some gold-plated parts.
But even if it is etched steel plated with gold, or partially plated with gold, these sets of gold armor that have been preserved from the 16th century are priceless treasures.
And what about this set of golden armor in front of him? This is made of real gold, which is not comparable to those armors that are partially gold-plated.
Moreover, this set of armor has a very obvious style of 17th century Spanish armor. When Yang Jing was studying in the UK, he had seen Spanish armor in many British museums, so he was quite familiar with Spanish-style armor.
Moreover, the gorgeous style of this set of armor is not comparable to the armor used by ordinary soldiers. This is obviously a set of ceremonial armor, not for wearing in battle, but for wearing during major ceremonies.
Therefore, this set of golden armor should also be a set of imperial armor!
Gege stood beside Yang Jing, looking at the assembled golden armor, and said with a surprised expression on her face: "This armor is really beautiful, is it made of gold?"
Yang Jing smiled and nodded, "Yes, this is a set of armor made of pure gold."
"Isn't that the Gold Cloth? The Gold Cloth worn by the Golden Warriors of the Zodiac in Saint Seiya?" Gege became excited and exclaimed like a child, "Take my Lightning Speed Punch!"
Yang Jing smiled and took Gege's fist, then hugged her waist, "Do you still like to watch "Saint Seiya"? "
"Yeah, I loved watching it when I was a kid. My favorite character in it was Leo Gold Saint Aiolia. It's a pity that although this set of gold armor is very beautiful, it is still not as beautiful as the gold saint cloth."
"Haha, what are you thinking about? This is real gold armor, not the clothes in the cartoon. But in terms of value, this set of gold armor is not necessarily worse than the gold saint cloth."
"Ah? So powerful?" Gege was shocked, obviously not believing what Yang Jing said. "Although this kind of armor is also made of gold, how can it be compared with the golden armor?"
Yang Jing smiled and stroked Gege's hair and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this set of golden armor should have been specially made by the Spanish colonists in Central and South America and given to the newly crowned King Philip V of Spain. This should be a set of imperial golden armor."
"Emperor's golden armor? So powerful?" The princess looked thoughtful. "If it is a set of emperor's armor, then the value of this set of golden armor is really hard to measure. But how do you know it is a set of emperor's armor?"
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