Hi Ron,
I assume assigning this morion to France is probably correct; the other likely choice would of course be Italy as the style of the etching is clearly based on Italian Renaissance patterns.
The bearded male portrait medallion in the second to last image obviously goes back to the later Landsknecht fashion of ca. 1540-50, as known from engravings by e.g. Jost Amman and Virgil Solis.
Best,
Michael
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