Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 Hold He qualified for the Efficiency

He qualified for the Efficiency Medal

with a 60 mm (w) x 30 mm (h) aluminum support plate

The shrapnel did severe damage to his hand

Captain (Temporary Major) John Lawson Kinnear

New Zealand on October 10th

Germany, Prussia. A Cuirassier Regimental Body Armour, C.1875 Hold He qualified for the EfficiencyThis armour consists of two basic pieces, a breast plate and back plate, both of which are manufactured from steel. The breast plate incorporates a series of 36 brass rivets around the perimeter, the four on the shoulders flattened, the remaining 32 domed. There are also two brass bolts that rise above the body of the breast plate and are placed on either side of the central vertical ridge on the chest, designed to receive the keyhole shaped