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unless perhaps they were placed to retain a leather strap to which the lining could be additionally secured. Near the lowest extremity of the skull-piece at the back is a deeply impressed armourer's mark—three crosses within a shield. The make of the helmet appears German, but provincial German; its probable date is about 1460.
The final development of the "great" bascinet and its ultimate merging into the fighting helm we must leave for discussion in a later chapter, where we deal with that type of bascinet-helm.
