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September 24, 2015
The breastplate of 19 23 years old cuirassier Antoine Fraveau, struck and killed by a canonball. He was serving Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo.
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Poor aim.
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at September 25, 2015 11:00 AM
That's gonna leave a mark.
Posted by: ghostsniper at September 25, 2015 1:40 PM
Prolly ruined his whole day!
Posted by: Anon43 at September 25, 2015 3:37 PM
In '93 all Bonaparte's artifacts were in one place in Memphis Tennessee. This was one of them. This is what I have from the program book:
It's Francois-Antoine Fauveau (1792-1815).
A former butter dealer who was exceptionally tall for the period at 5'9"
The dimensions of the plate were H: 15 x L: 13.5 x W: 11.375"
Posted by: Frogdaddy at September 25, 2015 6:53 PM
If tat plate stopped that ball, he would have wound up somewhere in the rear ranks.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at September 26, 2015 7:30 AM
"canonball"
N.: A heavy cylinder of all encyclicals, dogmas, doctrines and governances of the Roman Catholic Church, frequently used as hurled missiles against the armies of temporal rulers who jerk the crown from the pope's hands to place it upon their heads themselves.
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