KREMLIN ARMORY MUSEUM

A very elaborate parade zertsalo over a kolchuga. These very expensive items of parade armor were owned only by the tsar and most wealthy princes. This one was made by Nikita Davydov in 1663 for Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. It is steel with coper and red silk lining and gilding, silvering and chasing. This is the brest piece. There was also a back piece. The front and back each have 15 plaques. The grooves are inlaid alternately with gold and silver