Original French Napoleonic First Empire Brass Faced Carabinier Cuirass Set - Second Empire Reissue Mortars re-bored and re-rifled with traditional

re-bored and re-rifled with traditional Henry rifling at Enfield and Sparkbrook

IMA purchased the total quantity of these helmets and imported them in 1992

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The ambulances were conspicuously marked for their purpose with large white squares containing large red crosses

Original French Napoleonic First Empire Brass Faced Carabinier Cuirass Set - Second Empire Reissue Mortars re-bored and re-rifled with traditionalOriginal Item: Only one set available. These have become exceedingly scarce. Originally used in the 1st Empire of NAPOLEON the First, many were recycled and re issued in 1858 for the Carabinier Regiments of NAPOLEON the Third. These came in various sizes and usually the tapered waist Cuirass sets, as this is, are of First Empire origin. Even by 1858 nutrition had improved and Cavalrymen were of bigger size. By today's standards these men were all