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Buff Jerkin of Hendrik Casimir I
Casimir was wearing this buff jerkin when he was shot from his horse in 1640. The thick leather could repel blows from a sword or dagger, but not bullets. This is why soldiers often wore an iron cuirass over it – if only Hendrik had! He died from his injury one week later. The bullet hole and the cuts to free him from the jerkin are still clear to see.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- Tachtigjarige Oorlog
- Hulst
- Nassau-Dietz, Hendrik Casimir I graaf van
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.1896
- Buff coat
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- Tachtigjarige Oorlog
- Hulst
- Nassau-Dietz, Hendrik Casimir I graaf van
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.1896
- Buff coat
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1630 - 1640
- 1630/1640
- 1630/1640
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
Places
- Netherlands
- Nederland
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.17
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.310352
- NG-NM-1100
Extent
- height 62 cm
Format
- leather
- Leather
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: wapens & militaria
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T14:24:08.660Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:14:09.333Z