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 is to be seen in the Musée d'Artillerie of Paris on a suit of armour, G 11 (Fig. 1190). It is of a date contemporary with that of the two helmets just described, and though in the official catalogue it is said to be of Italian workmanship, our opinion is that it bears undoubted signs of having been produced under German influence, though not in the "Spanish" manner. Although the general form of this helmet shows none of the eccentricities of the Maximilian order, and seems more allied to that series of close helmets which is usually accepted as Italian and of mid-XVIth century date, we cannot help noticing that it presents certain characteristics indicating its German make, and usually only found on close head-pieces of the Kolman of Augsburg and the Wolf of Landshut schools.

German, but of the "Spanish" type, by Wolf of Landshut, about 1550. No. 520, Wallace Collection

From the suit G 11, Musée d'Artillerie. Said to be Italian, but more probably of Augsburg make, about 1550

It will be noted that all the foregoing close helmets date within the first half of the XVIth century. We will now turn to those of the latter half of the same century, of all styles and nationalities; but before we allude to the large family that we place under the heading of the Milanese helmet, we shall consider a few intermediary shapes of German make of the Landsknecht type.