The left arm being defended by the target has no espalier or pauldron, but only coude, vambraces, and gauntlets. |
A pauldron covering his right shoulder is fastened to the jewel's support harness, and the armor on his legs incorporate a pair of greaves. |
To the left shoulder-piece or pauldron one of the upright neck-guards is still fixed by rivets. |
The pauldron on his left shoulder is one piece, and on his right, two pieces,a small emblem is engraved into the left pauldron, and each piece is also bound in leather and top-stitched. |
The left shoulder pauldron incorporates the Tudor Rose, a traditional heraldic symbol of England, while the plates of the armor were designed to resemble the links of her sword. |
The term Bufe is sometimes wrongly used for the upright shoulder-guards on the pauldron. |