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Showing its crest in position. Dr. Wendelin Boeheim suggests that the crest is earlier than the helm, but in the Author's opinion it is somewhat later

on other helms of this class are in this case absent. There is the possibility that the original lower edge of the helm has been cut away when the helm was hung up in the church. Accompanying the helm is an interesting crest of canvas and leather once gilt. The late Herr Wendelin Boeheim states that the crest never belonged to this particular helm, and is of an earlier period. With Boeheim's first statement we agree; but in our opinion the crest is