Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis
Body armour and visors: medieval style protection for the British army during the Second World War. This protection stops small, low-velocity steel fragments which cause such a large percentage of serious casualties and blindness in modern warfare
Picture No
10652662
Media ID
46101898
Size
4187px x 6033px
(4.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by George Horace Davis in The Illustrated London News', 10 August 1940, p173
Date
1940
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