PnM012-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale item we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like-new condition.
King & Country's PnM012 Regimental Flagbearer
The “Blew Regiment of the Cittie of London Trayned Bandes” was a militia regiment of about 1200 musketeers and 800 pikemen drawn from the citizens of the capitol. At the time England had no standing army so, in times of war and strife, locally trained volunteers were virtually all that was available.
Upon the outbreak of war London declared for Parliament and the regiment fought in most of the notable battles of the conflict. King & Country's flagbearer holds the standard of the 5th Captain of the Regiment.
Special Uniform Note:
The soldiers who fought in the English Civil War had more uniformity than their Continental contemporaries in the “Thirty Years War”...What uniformity they had was very much up to the tastes and pockets of individual colonels who raised each regiment.
Most officers wore their own personal civilian clothes. The rank and file however was issued with certain items such as coats, breeches, various headgear (including helmets) and of course, shoes, boots and stockings – subject to availability.
Blue and red were the most common uniform colours although white, grey and green were also seen in both armies. In effect this means that what is called “Parliamentary” with this first release can alternatively “change sides” as more soldiers appear to be released in the future.