Cuirass Collection

Napoleonic Wars. Cuirassier. French Army. Heavy cavalry. Engraving. 1806

Life Guard - Lance Corporal - Mounted Review Order (wearing cuirass). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Pigeon as Military observer 1914
Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914

Ancient Germanic warriors on a battlefield. Formations of cavalry, infantry and other troops behind wheeled vehicles. Warrior at left with winged helmet, sword, shield, fur cape and tunic

Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, Jeanne d Arc, pucelle d Orleans, 1410-1431. She wears a suit of armour with yellow gaubisson (pourpoint) beneath

Medieval Knight's helmet with visor. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Types ofantique armour
Types of antique armour - 1. roundel (shield), 2. target, 3. lead mallet used by archers, 4. iron mace used by cavalry, 5. black bill in armoury of Canterbury Town Hall, 6

Arquebusiers (infantrymen armed with arquebuses, a form of long gun) on horseback with snaphance carbines, reproduced from Instructions for the Cavallrie, 1632

Carriage of the Charge d Affaires of Mexico in
Carriage of the Charge d Affaires of Mexico, Colonel Almonte, in Queen Victorias coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession

Roman cuirass, lituus and ancient sword
Breastplate and back-piece of ancient Roman cuirass 1, 2, Roman lituus or military trumpet 3 and ancient brass sword 4. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a

Suit of tilting armour, helmet and cuirass
Suit of tilting armour with grand guard and lance rest from the Tower of London 1, helmet and grand guard 2, breastpiece of a cuirass 3. Copperplate engraving by J

Breastplate, shield and two-handed sword
Large breastplate or cuirass 1, shield perforated in the centre 2 and two-handed sword that all belonged to Guy, Earl of Warwick 3, Copperplate engraving by J

Helmet and cuirass
Helmet found at Bosworth Field, and flexible cuirass of metal laminae on leather said to have belonged to King Henry VIII. Copperplate engraving by J

Suit of armour belonging to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Special shaped cuirass to deflect lances, pass guards on shoulders

Queen Elizabeth I of England at Tilbury, 1588
Queen Elizabeth I of England making her speech at Tilbury before the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, in suit of armour 1489-1512
Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, military commander in suit of armour with tonlet (armoured skirt) 1489-1512. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Galerie des hommes

Gendarme or man of arms in suit of armour, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph a figure in a contemporary manuscript in Roger de Gaignieres portfolio VIII 89 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul

GARDE IMPERIALE dressed for show - and for trench warfare, wearing cuirass and a helmet Date: 1855

Statue of a military commander. 1st century BC
Roman art. Statue of a military commander. 1st century BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Greek warrior. Hellenistic. 1st century BC. From Rhodes. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Suit of steel armor, first half of the 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt

Anglo-Saxon King
An Anglo-Saxon king goes into battle, accompanied by his armour-bearer. Both carry spiked shields; the king, wearing an armoured cuirass, wields a massive broadsword. Date: 750

Augustus, (63 B. C. -14 D. C. ). First emperor of the Roman Empi
Augustus, (63 B.C.-14 D.C.). First emperor of the Roman Empire. Augustus of Prima Porta. White marble statue. 1st century

Iron armours. 16th century. Holy Roman Empire. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Turkish cavalry armour. 1550. Iron and leather. Turban helmet neck protector (iron, gold, silver and damascene). 1450-1475. From Iran. Saber from Persia, 1600. German Historical Museum. Berlin

Bronze breastplate. 375-325 BC. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Greek art. Magna Graecia. Bronze helmet, cuirass and shin guard. Muzzle and horse armor. Apulia Region (Southern Italy). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Italian infantry soldier, 14th century.. Handcolored illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries

French cavalry charging with lance, 12th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

French crossbowman, 14th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

French soldier in the infantry of a crusading lord, 14th century. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez

Lukas Baumgartner, patrician of Nurnburg, 1512.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Cuirass (breastplate) and dagger, early 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt

Portrait of William IV, Count of Furstenberg, died 1549.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Count Ludwig Andreas von Kevenhuller (1683-1744), in cuirass and tricorn on horseback.. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Burghers from late 17th century Germany.. The seated man at top wears a red-and-white sash over his cuirass and offers a viaticum to a vagabond

Harrods advertisement, Leather Cuirass, WWI
Harrods advertisement from 1915, specifically for the O.W. Leather Cuirass, a sort of protective jerkin - waterproof, windproof and when fastened up completely, fully protects ALL the vital organs

Greek Warrior Arming
A young warrior arms himself with a cuirass while his mother brings his helmet & shield

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