Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 GTRexclude based in part on erroneous

based in part on erroneous reports of Ottoman troop strength

numbered "2155522" on the reverse

papers (3) concerning his employment as an interpreter in British P

Stuttgart (RZM M9/71)” on the reverse

first published in 1987 by Arms and Armour Press Limited of Pool

Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 GTRexclude based in part on erroneousThis 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