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The armour worn at Waterloo in 1815….

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Breastplate worn by a French cavalryman as he was struck and killed by a cannonball during the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 

Well, having read this interesting article about the above rather battered piece of nineteenth-century armour from the Battle of Waterloo, I have to say that I doubt if any armour could withstand a direct bullseye from a cannon ball. Not even the best the medieval period could produce!

With apologies to Robert Alexander Hillingford’s painting of Wellington after Waterloo.

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