French Dragon cuirass and helmet set found in Belgium. From the Jean-Marie Krzywanski collection. Dragon troop helmet model 1872-1874, light helmet, nickele with wear. Brass headband with grenade with wear and missing. Crest with mane. Scalloped ecailles chinstrap, two ecailles missing on right. Basane leather headpiece with wolf's teeth pattern. Paintwork missing from underside of visor and nape. Rear reinforcing rim with service number. Breastplate made by Manufacture Royale Klingenthal 2T 1L date 1833. Dossiere of the same Manufacture, dated June 1830 2T 2L with a different maticule? One epauliere reparee and cut. Belt broken, half present. Attached is a postcard and a press article about Dragon Henri Sebald, 1st French soldier killed in Belgium near Houffalize. Cuirass and French Dragoon helmet found in Belgium from the Jean-Marie Krzywanski collection. Dragoon troop helmet model 1872-1874 with light nickel-plated shell showing wear. Brass band with grenade motif worn with some losses. Crest with mane. Chinstraps with scalloped brass scales, two missing on the right. Wolf-tooth leather liner in grooved leather. Paint missing beneath visor and neck guard. Rear reinforcement band with stamped serial number. Cuirass composed of a breastplate from the Royal Manufactory of Klingenthal 2T 1L dated 1833. Backplate from the same manufacturer dated June 1830 2T 2L with a different serial number. One shoulder strap repaired and shortened. Belt broken with half still present. Includes a postcard and newspaper article about Dragoon Henri Sebald, the first French soldier to fall in Belgium near Houffalize.