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Fig. 1323. Shield
Said to have been presented to the University of Turin by Princess Victoria of Saxony in the middle of the XVIIIth century Royal Armoury, Turin
are to be seen in use on the distant battlements, are worked in close resemblance to those on the Windsor shield. As we have already stated, though the shield is incrusted with gold and silver, and though the ornamentation introduces the initial H. (Henri) and the crescent moon, the emblem employed