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 to attack. The condition of this helmet is most remarkable, the burnished gilding that enriches the whole surface being as fresh as it was on the day on which it was applied. This particular helmet has been parted from the extant portion of the remainder of the suit to which it belongs, which is now in the Imperial Armoury of Vienna (numbered 655), where it is described as having been made for the Emperor Maximilian II. We are unable to attribute it to any particular armourer; but there can be little doubt that its place of production was Dresden.

Made for the Emperor Charles V by Desiderius Kolman of Augsburg, with enrichments by Daniel Hopfer of the same town, between 1538 and 1543

(a) A 56, Royal Armoury, Madrid (b) A 57, Royal Armoury, Madrid

There are, of course, a large series of helmets, other than those to which we have alluded, which were only used in the tournament field. These can be seen on the splendid series of suits at Madrid and Vienna, made for the most part for Charles V and for Philip II. They are, for their