SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A CUIRASSIER OFFICER'S CUIRASS
second half 19th century
The steel shell of standard pattern trimmed with brass rivets, the leather backed brass shoulder straps formed as lion's masks issuing a pair of brass chains terminating in ormolu panels decorated with anthemion, the breastplate and backplate engraved by Klingenthal, dated 1855 (2)
second half 19th century
The steel shell of standard pattern trimmed with brass rivets, the leather backed brass shoulder straps formed as lion's masks issuing a pair of brass chains terminating in ormolu panels decorated with anthemion, the breastplate and backplate engraved by Klingenthal, dated 1855 (2)