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Fig. 1554

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Fig. 1554

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Fig. 1556

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Fig. 1556

Fig. 1555

Fig. 1554. (a) Breastplate of the late XVIth century. One of a very large number of Italian forgeries, frequently met with. (b) Chanfron, late XVIth century. An Italian forgery of 1875.

Fig. 1555. Tilting helm, end of the XVth century. Viennese forgery of 1860. Ex collection: the late Sir Noël Paton, now in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.

Fig. 1556. French forgeries of about 1900. (a) Leg-piece of mid-XVth century, (b) Helmet, XIth century. Now in the Zeughaus, Berlin.