AN ELECTROTYPE COPY OF THE HELMET OF HENRI II, KING OF FRANCE (1519-1559), AFTER DESIGNS BY ETIENNE DELAUNE, LATE 19TH CENTURY the skull rising to a high medial comb, and fitted with a visor, bevor and lower bevor attached by common pivots with decorated heads, the visor fitted with lifting peg at the right, and the lower bevor secured to the skull by a hook (that of the upper bevor hook missing, small soldered repairs) 25.5 cm; 10 in high The full armour to which the helmet belongs is preserved in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Electrotype copies of this armour by Lionnet Brothers are recorded and the present helmet is almost certainly from this group. The decoration of the armour illustrates the rivalry of Caesar and Pompey.