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Lady with bonnet of tulle with artificial roses. There is a generous ruffle up her neck. She carries a shawl and wears long gloves which were worn if sleeves were short.

Lady in travelling costume carries her closed parasol.

This lady represents the many flower ladies around London at this time, wearing a shawl and apron, with her wicker basket of flowers. From contemporary photographs.

This set of six pioneers of the Coldstream Guard are on the march carrying their axes at slope and their rifles slung. At the time of the Crimean War, 1854, each British army battalion had a pioneer unit, comprising one corporal and ten privates. To enable the battalion to perform its role on the ma...

At Kassassin on the 9th of September 1882, Lord Wolseleys army was forming for the advance on Tel-el-Kebir when the Egyptian army attempted to turn the British flank. The 13th Bengal Lancers greatly distinguished themselves by helping to check this manoeuvre at what became known as the Second Battle...

The regiment was raised in 1803 as Captain Skinners Corps of Irregular Horse. Charging alongside the British 16th Lancers, they fought gallantly to earn the battle honour of Bhurtpore, along with Kandahar of 1842. Joining the Kurrum column they earned the honour, Afghanistan 1879-80, and their actions in the Boxer Rebellion added the honour Peking 1900.

Set 105 includes three mounted cavalry figures. The 2nd Regiment of Light Horse Lancers of the Guard (Dutch Lancers) were raised in 1810 from the hussars of the Dutch Royal Guard. From their inception until disbanding in 1815, their commander was Eduard Colbert, General of Division. The regiments fi...

Upon taking part in many of Napoleon's actions, Colbert gained a high reputation as a brave cavalry leader. Attached to the Imperial Guard in 1811 he commanded the 2nd Regiment de Chevau-Legers/Dutch Lancers. He is depicted in that uniform.

At the Battle of Waterloo, Uxbridge commanded the thirteen thousand allied cavalry and forty-four guns of horse artillery. He personally lead a series of cavalry charges. He is in the uniform of his regiment the 7th Hussars. His horse carries a schabraque of regimental pattern.

The drummer's head dress is surrounded by a fur turban. It is decorated with a panache of red and white feathers as is the horses head. The 17th Century horse harness was covered with brass scales with turquoise centres. Horse schabraque and drum banners are of crimson velvet with gold lace.

Attached to the 21st Lancers during the battle of Omdurman in the Sudan wars was Lieutenant Winston Churchill of the 4th Hussars.

The main feature of a French Line Infantry regiments head of column was eagle bearer and his escort of two men each armed with a halberd with pennon. This set depicts the eagle with the regulation 1815 pattern standard of the 8th Line Infantry Regiment attached. In the line of battle the eagle beare...

Under the monarchies of France there was a long tradition of Royal Bodyguards, and Napoleon followed this by creating his Imperial Guard within the French Army. The 1st Grenadiers applied with the other regiments of the Imperial Guard took their formal titles in 1804 when Napoleon crowned himself Em...

Under the monarchies of France there was a long tradition of Royal Bodyguards, and Napoleon followed this by creating his Imperial Guard within the French Army. The 1st Grenadiers applied with the other regiments of the Imperial Guard took their formal titles in 1804 when Napoleon crowned himself Em...

After defeating the Egyptian army in 1882 the British government became involved in attempting to help Egypt rule the Sudan. Throughout 1883 the Mahdi took control of the desert tribes of the Sudan, and defeated 11,000 Egyptian troops under colonel Hicks. With recruits rushing to join the Mahdis cau...

Attached to the 21st Lancers during the battle of Omdurman in the Sudan wars was Lieutenant Winston Churchill of the 4th Hussars.

At dawn on the 2nd September 1898, the battle of Omdurman commenced with the advance of the 50,000 strong Mahdist army. Met by the terrible fire power of Sir Herbert Kitchener's force of British, Egyptian and Sudanese many of the Mahdist army began a retreat to Omdurman. Fearing that they may regrou...

Zulu War Series Left to guard a river crossing, stores, and the sick, a small garrison of British troops found themselves standing between the Zulu nation and Natal. The date was January 22, 1879. The place, Rorke's Drift. Lieutenant Chard of the Royal Engineers had been repairing damage to nearby p...

Set 152 showcases three horses of the Scots Greys Cavalry a heavy dragoon unit equipped with sabres and carbines. The tall bearskin hat and grey mounts are trademark features of the Greys, second to none'. On the afternoon of 18 June 1815, at Waterloo, it looked likely that Wellingtons line was abou...

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In 1867, when it seemed that all fighting in the Land Wars was over, the New Zealand Armed Constabulary was created by an Act of Parliament to replace a volunteer militia system that had proved unsatisfactory. The new force was to combine the functions of military and police, and at its wartime peak...

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The Navy and Army Illustrated journal of June 23 1900 displays a large photograph titled - Invaders Beware and continues - In New Zealand the ladies are thoroughly imbued with the Imperial sentiment. The corps here shown is that known as Lady Douglass Irresistibles"., composed of the daughters of th...