Cannonball versus Cuirass
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:06 pm
http://neveryetmelted.com/2014/09/26/ca ... s-cuirass/
In a display caninet stands a handsome polished cuirass of brass-plated steel, expressing the martial glamour of Napoleon’s Army — except that a huge hole is punched through both breast and back plates, where a 6-pound cannonball smashed its way through the trooper’s right chest and shoulder.