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The thirteenth helmet (Fig. 67) is of iron and copper gilt, and possesses ear-pieces like the helmet just described. It was found at Gültlingen, and is now in the museum of Stuttgart. The construction is much like the Henry the Lion helmet, but five bands radiate from the apex instead of four.

The fourteenth helmet is in the museum of Sigmaringen. This we have not seen, neither have we been able to obtain a photograph, but Herr von Ubisch likens it to our illustration (Fig. 63).

Fig. 69. A reconstructed Norman helmet

Late XIth century type

The fifteenth helmet, according to Herr von Ubisch, is in private hands in Austria; we are unable to obtain either a photograph or description of it.

The sixteenth helmet (Fig. 68), of much the same type as the others described, is but a poor broken fragment—a shadow of its past splendour. It