The chestplate of a French soldier wounded by a cannonball in the battle of Waterloo, 1815 [1200×900]

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    1. Was wearing chest plates during the Napoleonic wars common? I figured it was fazed out by then.

    2. I’m listening to a podcast that describes Henry V getting an arrow sunk 6” through his cheek bone into his skull 💀.

    3. When I was 9, I visited Les Invalides with my family.

      Upon seeing this, I turned to my dad and asked, ‘Was he okay?’.

      The look of pity and amusement on his face, I remember to this day.

    4. Soldier: “Surgeon would you please take a look at this wound ‘o mine?”

      Surgeon: *pokes head through wound* “Tis but a scratch!”

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