Civil frock coat of Juan Prim y Prats, spanish general who was Prime Minister of Spain until his assassination. It is made of black cloth with velvet collar of the same color. Central closure with four metal buttons covered in black satin. Black silk lining on the body and white on the sleeves. It has two inside pockets. Rear flaps with two buttons similar to those previously described. Prim wore this garment under his coat the day he suffered the attack on Turco Street (December 27, 1870), as a result of which bullet wounds can be seen in the left arm, eight in the shoulder and one in the elbow.
Catalog number MUE 40701.01.
This work is part of the collaboration agreement signed in 2021 between the Ministry of Defence and Global Digital Heritage for the digitization of the collections preserved by the Spanish National Army Museum located in Toledo. We want to publicly thank the collaboration of all the museum staff, both civilian and military.
