Death Mask of King Karl XII of Sweden, cast made circa 1930.

Mask of plaster, cast of specimens with a large wound in the right thaw. The front is painted with yellow-white paint. In the atop a metal loop to be suspended. Several similar metalwork masks or plaster are Swedish museums. If a corresponding mask is indicated in Armemuseum’s collections: According to Olle Cederlöf’s notes on gift AM.066063 (AM 73/475), this is not a death mask. "The portrayals on the face do not match the cranies' proportions enl 1918 burial opening - but one of the Swiss medalist Hedlinger made freehand modelling before the king’s corpse on Karlberg 1718. Hedlinger’s model now only intended to form the basis of his mission: To model a relief image for the king’s coinage and memory. Hedlinger arrived in Sweden in 1718-. The king had died at the time and Hedlinger had died and Hedlinger