blackknight

Iron Jacket on SUCCESS worn by Bush Ranger (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Nathan Adams said:

  Looks like Black Knight from Monty Python & the Holy Grail"!

• Le yeux sans visage said:

  LOL!!

• John Powell said:

  Looks like the Bush Ranger Kelly gang's armour from colonial Australia. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

• jon sauder said:

  yeah, jay. i was thinking the same thing. it looks about the same size and weight as the kelly's armor... Does anybody know if this was, in fact one of the kelly gang members' armor? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nedkellysarmour1882.jpg

• BobMeade said:

  I'm an Australian, and that does indeed look like a set of Kelly gang armour.. Here's an interesting article about the ship SUCCESS and the armour: glenrowan1880.com/success.htm It suggets that a replica copy of the armour was displayed on the ship, although it was purported to the viewing public to be genuine. Notably, some the LOC Bain collection photographs appear at that internet link.. The photographs appear oto have made their way there independent of the LOC. More on the ship SUCCESS here too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_(prison_ship)