NAPS026B 18th Hussars with pistol (Busby)
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Description
Thomas Gunn NA0026B 18th Hussars Officer drawing pistol with Busby hat (1812 onwards)
Limited to 100 available worldwide.
18th Hussars/Dragoons on reconnaissance patrol wearing uniform of a senior officer
of the 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) from the
Napoleonic period; more commonly referred to as the ‘18th Hussars’.
Following the military fashion they changed their uniform and were
designated Hussars in 1807 but for some reason their formal title continued
to include ‘light dragoons’.
The Regiment took part in the 1808/09 Iberian/Corunna Campaign (including
Sir John Moore’s epic winter retreat over the mountains) and returned to the
Peninsular in 1813 for the final stages of the war in Spain and the invasion
of France later that year. In 1815 they fought at Waterloo.
One officer (NAP027) points out some suspicious activity on the horizon
which could be the French, whilst his companion (NAP026) draws his pistol
ready should it be needed! B version figures wear the Busby style fur
hat suitable for any time after 1812 including Waterloo and the A version
wear the Tarleton style helmet suitable for Iberia and the Napoleonic
campaigns before 1812. Size wise they will fit in with K&C and Collectors
Showcase.
The above price is the US$ price and A$ price will be known at time order is paid for.
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