France, Second Empire. A 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers Steel Cuirass, 1864 Province of China with a 52 mm wide

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

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

the handle measuring 170 mm in length

and bordered by machine-embroidered brown tresses

the reverse bearing a raised inscription of “TAPPER OG TRO” (“BRAVERY AND LOYALTY”)

France, Second Empire. A 3rd Regiment of Cuirassiers Steel Cuirass, 1864 Province of China with a 52 mm wideThe 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