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KREMLIN ARMORY MUSEUM

 
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Bakterets worn over a baidana and misyurka with barmitsa ring face protection. This was made byKonon Mikhailov for Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich. It has 12 columns of rectangular plaques (total 1200) interconnected by the warsher rings and decorateed with gold damascening. The plaques are laid one over the other starting from the bottom to form a flexible but effective armor.

 
     

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