France, Second Empire. A 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers Steel Cuirass, 1864 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With silver hallmarks present at

With silver hallmarks present at 3 o’clock denoting Birmingham manufacture

a cross with light blue enamel arms

as well as of Wehrmacht personnel at leisure

measuring 17 cm (w) x 19

marked "STUART M-5" on the reverse

France, Second Empire. A 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers Steel Cuirass, 1864 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With silver hallmarks present atThe 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