Detail of yellow metal spectacle frames bolted over the eyepiece on Henry VIII's horned helmet.

Horned helmet

Dates from 1514 | Object number: IV.22

This helmet was made in Innsbruck between 1511-1514 by the master armourer Konrad Seusenhofer.

It is all that survives of an armour presented by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I to King Henry VIII of England.

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