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    Jadwiga so-called roztruchan, and the magnificent scale armour, so-called karacena, of King John III Sobieski are today on display in the Grünes Gewölbe and...
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    Karacena armour, 17th century...
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    succession. A unique Polish development is a form of scale armour, the karacena, that developed in the last quarter of the 17th century and remained is...
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    southeastern borderlands of the Commonwealth. A rarely-used Sarmatian karacena armour (of iron scales riveted to a leather support) might have consisted...
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    Sarmatian-style Karacena armor...
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