Cuirassier

£3.78

Description

Descended from Napoleon’s famous heavy cavalry, the Cuirassiers still wore their distinctive breastplate and helmet into 1914 – impressive on parade, but a genuinely poor match for the machine guns and quick-firing artillery that dominated the war’s opening battles.

Additional information

Weight 0.007 kg
Range

QRF

Era

20th Century

Period / Conflict

World War 1

Nationality

French

Unit Type

Cavalry

Material

Metal