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  • 'La cuirasse d'or' (circa 1907), by Kees van Dongen; estimate: £1.5 million-£2. 5 million.

    London Sales Are Year's First Test 2009

  • They include "La cuirasse d'or" (circa 1907), a seductive portrait of a dancer (estimate: £1.5 million-£2. 5 million).

    London Sales Are Year's First Test 2009

  • This is in no small part due to the fact that the French heavy cavalry regiments seem to feel the need to wear a cuirasse beneath their coat.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • This is in no small part due to the fact that the French heavy cavalry regiments seem to feel the need to wear a cuirasse beneath their coat.

    Before Rossbach Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • Note that Prussian cuirassier musicians did not wear the iron cuirasse.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Der Alte Fritz 2007

  • The first displayed Marseille and Rouen china; the second a small, ancient cuirasse, two sabres, a foil that resembled Anatole's favourite fencing weapon and a musket; the third case, smaller than the others, contained a selection of military medals and ribbons, laid out on blue velvet.

    Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007

  • "But more -- that sacré Grandmoulin is coming, and we must receive him at point of bayonet, _à la charge de cuirasse_! that sacré Grandmoulin!"

    The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Wilfrid Ch��teauclair

  • CUIRASSIER, _m. _, soldat de cavalerie qui porte la cuirasse.

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

  • He had a handsome cuirasse made for her and took her to Cologne.

    The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

  • On va entamer une course aux armements, car on va aussi inventer le casque et la cuirasse.

    مدونة محمد سعيد احجيوج 2008

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