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| Picture No | 10652662 |
| Date | 1940 |
| Description | Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis |
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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.
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| Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 10 August 1940, p173 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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