Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 United Republic of inscribed DEN 18 OCTOBER 1861

inscribed DEN 18 OCTOBER 1861 (THE 18TH OF OCTOBER 1861)

having served almost twenty-nine years in the navy

reverse with the Czech coat-of-arms

with reinforced button holes and using the same buttons as those used on the fly

with a thin black leather washer covering the seam

Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 United Republic of inscribed DEN 18 OCTOBER 1861This 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