1855-model Guard officer’s breastplate.

Front plate from the Klingenthal workshop, originally with 21 brass rivets, reduced to 5.
Back plate dated 1855, having undergone the same alterations.
Leather straps lined with chain mail, with stamped brass mounting plates.
The front and back plates are marked HL.
The leather is worn and damaged in places.
France, Second Empire period.

Expert: Alban Degrave