Ensemble cuirasse et casque de Dragon francais retrouve en Belgique. De la collection Jean-Marie Krzywanski. Casque de Dragon troupe modele 1872-1874, casque leger, nickele avec usure. Bandeau laiton a la grenade avec usure et manques. Cimier avec criniere. jugulaires a ecailles festonnees, deux ecailles manquantes a droite. Coiffe en basane de cuir striee a dents de loup. Peinture absente au dessous des visiere et nuquiere. jonc de renfort arriere avec un numero matricule. Cuirasse composee dun plastron de la Manufacture Royale Klingenthal 2T 1L date 1833. Dossiere de la meme Manufacture, datee Juin 1830 2T 2L avec un maticule different? Une epauliere reparee et coupee. Ceinture cassee, la moitie presente. On y joint une carte postale et un article de presse au sujet du Dragon Henri Sebald, 1er soldat francais tombe en Belgique pres de 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.