A GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' CLOSE-HELMET with rounded one-piece skull (slight cracks) with low fluted comb of rectangular section, cut out at the back for neck lames (missing), later pivoted bevor shaped to the chin, and later bluntly pointed visor, both struck with the Nuremberg mark, the visor with stepped sight, pierced with ventilation slots and holes, the lower edge turned, circa 1515