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 manner in which the gold is applied, it seems likely that this helmet was made in Venice.

Italian, probably Venetian, about 1600-10 Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 539)

Of the guard of the Electors of Saxony. German, about 1610-20 H 234, Musée d'Artillerie, Paris

We will give one more illustration of a cabasset head-piece which was worn by the body-guard of the Electors of Saxony (ante, page 206), and can therefore be regarded in its way as an example of a regulation helmet. We refer to a cabasset, pear-shaped, flat brimmed, fully etched and gilt, and