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Said to be the work of Hans Grünewalt of Nuremberg, belonging to the suit made for Sigismund, Archduke of the Tyrol (1427-1496)

Imperial Armoury, Vienna

Bavarian (Innsbrück make), about 1495. Collection: Mr. W. G. Keasby

no existing specimen is worthy of closer scrutiny than the fine helmet (Fig. 415) now in the collection of Viscount Astor at Hever Castle, and formerly in that of Herr Hefner-Alteneck (Trachten, vol. ii, Plate LXXXIII). The form of this head-piece is remarkable. The circular skull-piece is pinched together at the top, while the brim slopes gently downward, much after the manner of the hats of civilians as represented in pictures of the early Dutch schools. The iron from which this particular chapawe is made is of the