Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 Hold Captain (Temporary Major) John Lawson

Captain (Temporary Major) John Lawson Kinnear

all with intact pinbacks and many bearing makers’ marks on the reverse

Sylvester on an enameled blue background

the reverse with a diagonal pinback

New Zealand on October 10th

Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 Hold Captain (Temporary Major) John LawsonThis 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