Soldier suffered a "through and through" at the battle of Waterloo. Armor recovered and now on display.


First off, this piece of armor has a specific name: cuirass, which was used to describe a breastplate and a backplate that were joined together.

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The carnage also tells a tale of Fauveau’s last moments. We know that he was facing the enemy and galloping at a full charge with his fellow riders. They were attempting to attack a British square formation when Fauveau was struck at a slight angle by the cannonball, and given the angle and location of distortion, we know that it went right through him, blowing fragments of the cuirass into his chest and then out and away from his body as it passed through him completely.
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