Original German WWI Trench Body Armor Sappenpanzer Breast Plate With Replacement Sporran Plates Military Maps crossing the wearer's stomach

crossing the wearer's stomach

with the strap still installed

The Blade of this example is 18 inches long

originally formed probably around 1975

Year of Manufacture: circa 1878

Original German WWI Trench Body Armor Sappenpanzer Breast Plate With Replacement Sporran Plates Military Maps crossing the wearer's stomachOriginal Item: Only One Available. Fantastic condition body armor Steel breastplate. This plate has three additional high quality replacement interlinking abdominal and groin plates, all connected by two canvas straps, and suspended from the wearer's shoulders via the fitted curved panels attached to this breast plate. Each plate had additional rectangular shaped blocks of thick felt added to deaden contact noise between the plates. This example of a