IMPERIAL GUARD CUIRASS FOR CUIRASSIERS, model 1854 modified according to the decision of May 23, 1873, Second Empire.
Made of steel, consists of a backplate and a breastplate. The breastplate is bordered by 21 brass nails and signed by the Klingenthal Manufacture (interior inscription difficult to read). The backplate is bordered by 39 brass nails, fitted at the top with two leather straps covered with a chainmail-like interlocking brass mesh with a steel lock finished with leather straps, and at the bottom with a black varnished leather belt model 1862, the backplate is signed by the Klingenthal Manufacture (interior inscription difficult to read).
France.
Second Empire.
Good condition, cuirass from a family, never cleaned, a repair on the right leather strap near the lock with a leather reinforcement. This cuirass is of the same size and width.
Reference :
22056