Two German mercenaries with halberds holding a coat of arms, early 16th century. The shield depicts two red lions rampant holding a bust of a woman, with helmet, horns and woman's bust above. Inscribed with "Joachum Rotmund in dieser Gestalt war 23 Jahr alt," monogram of the painter, an owl, and the year 1514. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.