EQUIPMENT. Cuirassiers de la Garde royale steel officer's breastplate and backplate edged with brass nails, gilt copper motif in centre of breastplate embossed with crowned arms of France and Navarre on radiant sun background, leather double-chain straps with gilt brass lock plates with fleur-de-lys in relief and engraved with oak leaves, lion's head fastenings, black leather belt (replaced). Surface oxidation. ABE