🇩🇪⚔️Blackened 3/4 Harness w/Burgonet & Buffe for a High Ranking German Mercenary ca. 1580. Made in Nuremberg “Allemagne” (German) Style Heavily armored zweihander swordsman were utilized to protect the flanks of friendly pike formations and break up enemy formations. By this period a lot of pikemen wore little armor, and the soldiers that did were often in the front ranks or expected to be engaged in heavy combat. These were also “bodyguard” units.