CF029-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale piece we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in good condition.
At some point a paint chip was corrected on his chest. You can only see it if held in the light a certain way!
King & Country's Club Figure CF029 Coldstream Guard on Guard Duty
Raised in 1650 on the orders of Oliver Cromwell the Coldstream Guards
wear red plumes on the right side of their bearskins and their tunic
buttons are spaced in pairs.
Our K&C Guardsman of 1935 still wears the uniform that is familiar
to tourists to London today. However he also wears the by-then obsolete
“Slade-Wallace” fighting order bleached in white for ceremonial duties
and his grey greatcoat folded neatly as a backpack to the rear.
His rifle is the .303 SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) fitted with the
bayonet. This is the same weapon all British and Empire Forces used in
both World Wars.