France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 147

Lot n° 147
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France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). - Lot 147
France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). Rare Carabineer troop cuirass model 1825, from the Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal 1833, not with the same serial number, and modified during the siege of Paris (1870-1871). Steel breastplate and backplate covered with a brass plate and edged respectively with six brass rivets for the breastplate and four brass rivets for the backplate. The breastplate originally had two holes to hold the radiant tin sun decorated with the rooster, but was modified during the siege of Paris to remove the sun and plug the holes with two riveted brass nails. Black leather belt with brass buckle and iron pin. Straps with double curb chain and brass clasps with leather pulls. The breastplate is marked "Manufacture Royale de Klingenthal September 1833" and "2nd Size, 2nd Width, No. 203" and stamped "20". The backrest is marked "Manufacture Royale de Klingenthal Septembre 1833" and "1ère Taille, 2ème Largeur, N° 1178" and an illegible punch. They are punched each on the high edge of the circumference "C under star" in a shield for Augustin, Mathurin COLLIOT de la HATTAIS, Director of the manufacture of 1831 to 1833 and "B" in a shield for Jean-Georges BICK, controller of 1st class of the manufacture from 1809 to 1834. The hooks of fixing of the interior matelassures are present. Complete. (the straps were refixed, the rivets, the leathers of the shoulder pads, the clips and the leathers of the tie rods are posterior, the black leather belt with brass buckle with roller and iron pin was refixed and the posterior leathers, as the rivets, good state of conservation). Reference: Bottet "L'arme blanche des armées Françaises 1789-1870". Note: During the siege of Paris (September 20, 1870 - January 28, 1871), the radiating tin suns decorated with a rooster or an eagle will be removed from the breastplates of the cuirasses model 1825 and the holes plugged by two riveted brass nails.
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