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 In the case of this example an outer covering of velvet can be seen upon the skull-piece; but this was a clever restoration added by Mr. Stibbert (Fig. 1250). The general lines of this type of casque with hinged ear-pieces are followed in the case of that attractive little head-piece which was formerly in the Max Kuppelmayer Collection of Munich (Fig. 1251). Upon the skull-piece, which has a single low comb, is a finely etched composition which introduces on one side a subject from the Apocalypse, chapter v, verse 5, with the following inscription:, and on the other another chosen from the 119th Psalm, verse 154, with the inscription:.

German, dated 1546. It is probably decorated by Heinrich Vogther Collection: The late Herr Max Kuppelmayer

Herr Kuppelmayer considered that the initials V. H. were those of the engraver, Heinrich Vogther of Strassburg. This finely decorated casque came from Neuburg on the Danube, and is said to have been worn by Johann Casimir, Count Palatine of the Rhine. In the collection of the late Herr Hefner-Alteneck (Fig. 1252) there used to be an etched casque of great