|Photoshop 3.0 8BIM CDress to kill The foot combat armour is one of the most remarkable survivors of its type and the sets of articulating joints protected the entire body for this reason NASA studied the construction of this armour when they designed the first space suit in the 1960s. It weighs a staggering 94lbs (42.7kg) and it was commissioned for Henry VIII to wear in combat at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 but the rules were changed and work on this armour was abandoned it remains unfinished and undecorated. Last on display at the Tower in 1995. This suit of armour will be on display in the Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill exhibition at the Tower of London, running from 3 April 09 to 17 January 2010 Royal Armouries 0Knight metal war old soldier warfare royal suit 7 20090216A Picdar Media MogulP Gary Ombler U Staff Photographerg 1607i nti_Dress_To_Kill13.JPGn Royal Armouriess Royal Armouriest %Royal Armouries / free editoral use v PLoaded nti_Dress_To_Kill13.JPG from /export/home/ftp/newsteam/hrp/ on 19/02/2009x Front view of 1540 armour of Henry VIII This armour is the greatest of the Greenwich garnitures made for King Henry VIII and one of the latest surviving, with decoration from designs by artist Hans Holbein the Younger. The groin defence, commonly known as the cod piece, is of considerable size some think this was a propaganda device to suggest Henrys virility was not at fault despite his difficulties in fathering a son and heir. In Victorian times young women would stick pins into the lining of the codpiece in the hope of increasing their fertility. The entire suit of armour will be on display in the Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill exhibition at the Tower of London, running from 3 April 09 to 17 January 2010 Royal Armouries Pic by Gary Ombler/ Royal Armouries 18/02/2009z Dave Evitts 8BIM ) ) JFIF ) ) C C 2" } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz @ ? ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( t0q2E4DAbx [ F[I4DFtUu"c([XZêAEi60 IÌ9ZR4EӗXB"N[{NxdoK&u6+Y3C\?K.c ˻[f#v#-oB\Ɇ]o4h4yf#*S$ԕ h