A breastplate that belonged to 19 year-old Antoine Fraveau – he didn’t survive the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Ouch. That’s the first thing that comes to mind when looking at this amazing piece of body armor. Not only did the cannonball that hit the young Antoine Fraveau pierce the body armor, but it wentContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (battle armour)”
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