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 with an hexagonal pommel, the grip is bound with silvered wire with an elegant band top and bottom. The blade is channelled; the sheath is of tooled leather with chased and pierced silver mounts; there is also, as a rule, a pricker (Fig. 1283). We also illustrate an example of a halberd carried by the guard (Fig. 1283).

Of the guard of the Electors of Saxony. About 1585. Collection: Mr. S. J. Whawell

Carried by the guard of the Electors of Saxony Königl. Hist. Museum, Dresden

To complete our list of morions that can claim a place within the XVIth century, we have once more to return to France. The helmets in question are preserved respectively in the Musée d'Artillerie and in the Louvre of Paris. Both are in our opinion French, though the Musée d'Artillerie example is not so convincing as the example in the Louvre; but both, we feel sure, have been produced under the same influence. In the surface decoration of the Musée d'Artillerie morion (Fig. 1284) we claim to see a close family likeness to that found on the famous dragon casque (see