Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 Hold New Zealand on October 10th

New Zealand on October 10th

and pinned with two silvered bronze rank pips and a gilded bronze cogwheel

He qualified for the Efficiency Medal

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

Captain (Temporary Major) John Lawson Kinnear

Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 Hold New Zealand on October 10thThis 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