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| 143 riveted bars. Both doors studded with eight and nine, respectively, long quadrangular and inwardly-pointing spikes. Metal parts corroded to various degrees. Log with traces of moisture at back and top. Height 206 cm. Width 58 cm. The infamous iron maiden of Nuremberg was first mentioned in a doc- ument in 1533. As exceptionally cruel torture and execution device it became the epitome of medieval law. This instrument was however pri- marily used to intimidate the delinquent and force a confession. Writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker were inspired by the iron maiden of Nuremberg. During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, US Army soldiers allegedly found a kind of iron maiden which had been used by Uday, Saddam Hussein’s son, to torture unpleasant individuals to death. 254680 III € 2.400 4204