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                          Financial Data Schedule
                                                        EXHIBIT 27.1

This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 1997
Form 10-K of Armor Holdings, Inc., and is qualified in its entirety by 
reference to such financial statements.
Armor Holdings
Currency U.S. Dollars
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