Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 certificate_of_authenticity (Gedenkplatte)

(Gedenkplatte)

published in 1955

small edge bruises and nicks

In his Proceedings of a Medical Board document

Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 certificate_of_authenticity (Gedenkplatte)This armour consists of two basic pieces, a breast plate and back plate, both of which are manufactured from steel. The breast plate incorporates a series of 36 brass rivets around the perimeter, the four on the shoulders flattened, the remaining 32 domed. There are also two brass bolts that rise above the body of the breast plate and are placed on either side of the central vertical ridge on the chest, designed to receive the keyhole shaped