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NAPOLEONIC WARS - GREAT BRITAIN - INFANTRY
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LINE INFANTRY 1812 - 1815
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Image credit is Historex NCO Color Card 861 |
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By 1812, the new uniform regulations were in place but would not see widespread use until 1814 and 1815. Gone were the tall "stovepipe" shakos, replaced by the "Belgic" shakos of Waterloo fame. There were ten companies in a battalion , one of which was grenadiers, and another light infantry for skirmishing. British line battalions from the same regiment rarely fought together and most were single-battalion regiments having one other battalion strictly for recruiting to keep up the strength of the field battalion. Distinctions were the number and shapes of the button hole loops on the jacket: single bastion, single straight, double-bastion, double straight, and so on. Additionally, each regiment had a distinctive facing color worn on the collar, cuffs, and shoulder straps piped white. In the line infantry, sergeants carried the pike and wore one set of chevrons on the left sleeve. Light infantry sergeants carried the musket and wore their stripes on both sleeves. Drummers wore the reversed colors with ample livery up and down the arms. A battalion in the field carried two colors: the King's color or Union Jack and the regimental color usually in the facing color with one or more emblems and possible a small version of the Union Jack in one corner. In the color card above. the four flags are: the regimental flag of the 51st Regiment, the King's color, the regimental color of the 27th Regiment, and the regimental color of the 33rd Regiment. |
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CONVERSION KITS - each includes extra arms and legs to make one officer, or standard bearer, or NCO, or soldier in a variety of positions. Kit HX3203 makes the officer or standard bearer and Kit HX3204 makes the NCO or soldier (see photos below). |
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DESCRIPTION - BRITISH INFANTRY OF THE LINE | KIT |
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HX3204 |
British Line Infantry, Field Dress, 1812 - 1815 - NCO or Soldier | SOLD |
 Historex Kit HX3204 |
HIGHLAND INFANTRY OF THE LINE
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Image credit is Historex NCO Color Card 844 |
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Highland and Lowland infantry regiments have been part of the British army since at least the 16th Century. In Wellington's time, there were several outstanding single-battalion Highland regiments which consistently boasted a higher bayonet count (that is, the number of musket men present and under arms) than their British or Irish counterparts. |
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CONVERSION KITS - each includes extra arms and legs to achieve various animations. All figures are foot. |
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DESCRIPTION - HIGHLAND INFANTRY OF THE LINE | KIT |
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844003 |
Highland Infantry of the Line, Field Dress - NCO | $18.00 |
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21 November 2024
