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 being found on the visor as well as on the skull-piece. Strong buckles were used to attach the helm to the breast- and backplates. It is interesting to note that in the Musée Lorin of Bourg-en-Bresse there is another helm bascinet of the same family, bearing the mark of the same armourer, a large Gothic C, a circumstance which strengthens our belief in the French or Burgundian origin of the Duc de Dino head-piece. This helm-bascinet (Fig. 484), though evidently the work of the same armourer, was apparently made for a purpose different from that to which its companion helm was put, and would, from its construction, rather suggest that it was meant to be used by an unmounted knight; for the visor is very salient, and in no way embarrasses the wearer's breathing. Yet another helm-bascinet of the same family, meant seemingly for a knight's unmounted use, and possibly the work of the same armourer, is to be seen in the Salle de Garde in the Museum of Dijon (Fig. 485). This has been a helm of great solidity; but some of its parts are missing. It is much corroded from having been buried in the ground. Careful and judicious restoration has, however, given it a new lease of life.

About 1470. Salle de Garde, Museum of Dijon