1549 etched breastplate - photo

Etched breastplate of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564).

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...495#post170017
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...254#post169184
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...551#post166704
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...373#post166017
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...131#post165103
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...770#post156008

Beautiful work but I would say engraving not etching. The level of skill in the borders is awesom.

The rest is just as amazing Attachment 38672 (from his Wikipedia article)