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English: Krug (Breastplate and Backplate) Artist Anonymous (Turkey)Unknown authorTitle Krug (Breastplate and Backplate)Description English: The arms and armor of the ottoman Empire collected during the 1500s and 1600s in Habsburg circles were either trophies of a feared enemy or diplomatic gifts. They reflected efforts to repel the invasions of Europe by successive sultans of the Ottoman dynasty, who, as caliphs-successors of the prophet Muhammad as leaders of Islam-considered themselves obliged to wage holy wars against non-Muslims. The Ottoman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey), reached its height as a world power during the reign of Suleiman I the Magnificent (r. 1520-66) whose European incursions reached as far as Vienna. The Habsburgs led the defense of Christian Europe: the Spanish branch, at sea and in North Africa, and the Austrian branch, on land, with a decisive victory in 1683 at Vienna. This armor once belonged to the St Irene royal arsenal in Istanbul Turkey as it bears the distinctive mark (tamga) composed of a circle enclosing a loop over three vertical lines, the stamp is clearly visible on the upper right side of the breast plate. Cropped and edited fro the original image.Date between 1500 and 1575 date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1575-00-00T00:00:00Z/9Medium embossed steelDimensions Height: 31.2 cm (12.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,31.2U174728Collection Walters Art Museum   Native nameWalters Art MuseumLocationBaltimore, United States of AmericaCoordinates39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W Established1934Web pagethewalters.orgAuthority control : Q210081 VIAF: 126086372 ISNI: 0000 0004 0373 611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081Accession number 51.420Place of creation Ottoman Turkey (in present-day Anatolia, Turkey)Object history S. Irene, Arsenal of Constantinople (?) Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown] 1931:  bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry WaltersCredit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artworkPermission(Reusing this file) This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2012021710000834. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2012021710000834 English: The arms and armor of the ottoman Empire collected during the 1500s and 1600s in Habsburg circles were either trophies of a feared enemy or diplomatic gifts. They reflected efforts to repel the invasions of Europe by successive sultans of the Ottoman dynasty, who, as caliphs-successors of the prophet Muhammad as leaders of Islam-considered themselves obliged to wage holy wars against non-Muslims. The Ottoman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey), reached its height as a world power during the reign of Suleiman I the Magnificent (r. 1520-66) whose European incursions reached as far as Vienna. The Habsburgs led the defense of Christian Europe: the Spanish branch, at sea and in North Africa, and the Austrian branch, on land, with a decisive victory in 1683 at Vienna. This armor once belonged to the St Irene royal arsenal in Istanbul Turkey as it bears the distinctive mark (tamga) composed of a circle enclosing a loop over three vertical lines, the stamp is clearly visible on the upper right side of the breast plate. Cropped and edited fro the original image.