Breast Plate refers to a plate of metal covering the breast of the warrior as defensive armor. A handsome and rugged armor, breast plates often have rounded edges genuine leather straps, steel buckles and solid metal accents. They do not have a metal back and are held in place on the body with four leather straps with buckles. Two over the shoulders, two around the waist and two under the arm pits.

Breastplates were designed and served to protect the warrior's chest, just as the choker that was usually worn with the breastplate protected his neck. The breastplates carried spiritual significance.

Features
Apart from their traditional method of crafting, they are nowadays even found in a range of exquisite designs & luring patterns making them worth possessing & adding on to one's personal collection of antiques. The varied materials used for crafting such treasured items are :

• Copper
• Steel
• Brass
• Silver
• Leather

Beauty of these breast plates are further highlighted with intricate carvings & detailing accurately carried out by dexterous craftsmen. Often, the look is given a sophisticated & royal look with fine embellishments or embossed with abstract images or other equally interesting figures. Such as some of them are etched with certain coat of arms.
Breast plates are even used as decorative items especially when they are adorned with beads.