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Late XVth century. It bears an armourer's mark attributed to Jacques Voys, armourer to Philip the Fair. Collection: Porte de Hal, Brussels

thickness of the top piece, which is as much as one-third of an inch (Fig. 454). As we have said, so accurate and detailed is Viscount Dillon's description of the Lindsay helm, that it would be superfluous to describe the three others with which we are acquainted, and which are of the same family; it will suffice to note their differences. Of the other three of this group the one most like the Lindsay helm is that now hanging on a staple by the site of the tomb of Henry VI in St. George's Chapel, Windsor (Fig. 455). The backplate is a little more bombé in form, and the edges of the front plate are escalloped in their outline. For funerary purposes it will be noticed that the front and back of the helm have been cut away at the base, and that to the latter a deep pointed gorget-like plate has been fastened. A spike has also been added to the top, and there are the remains