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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
...The depiction of the mounted soldado is with a shorter jacket version c. 1820s of the type found in the Smithsonian...
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I remember and took a photo of the picture of this guy with the quilted leather vest and a leather shield, in San José Mission, while in our visit to San Antonio, back in 2018. The (bilingual) caption mentions it dates it circa 1803.
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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
... I have seen morions made in 17th c Italy of leather.
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I once had the previlege to 'touch' a small pear cabasset made of leather, for a young owner; certainly someone of high lineage, judging by the looks of it; its skull had engravings and the rosettes had the shape of infant motifs. It still had kept in a little bag its interior textile lining, in a fragile condition. What an experience.