France, Second Empire. A 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers Steel Cuirass, 1864 Province of China flying on sixteen of the

flying on sixteen of the twenty-four days of the mission

for two years and Head of the Service of General Surgery for many years

with a 52 mm wide band in red wool around its circumference

A Germanic folk art brooch

vertical needle pin with a barrel hinge and a round wire catch

France, Second Empire. A 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers Steel Cuirass, 1864 Province of China flying on sixteen of theThe 3e Rgiment de Cuirassiers was one of Frances classic heavy cavalry regiments, with a lineage reaching back to the 17th century. By the time of the Second French Empire, it was a prestigious armored cavalry unit serving under Napoleon III. Offered is a rare matching set of body armour, in bronzed steel (magnetic), in the typical period style and shape consisting of a concave front plate with central ridge and stylized rivets on the parameter. At