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Carried by the guard of Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese, 1605-1621). North Italian, early XVIIth century. Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 813)

Carried by the Polish guard of Augustus II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1670-1733). Wallace Collection (Laking Catalogue, No. 748)

weapons carried by the Polish guard of Augustus II, surnamed the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. Certainly they are late XVIIth or even early XVIIIth century weapons; but they afford a good example of the continued use of the XVIth century form of head. The Wallace Collection contains several specimens, and there are two in the