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54mm (1/32nd - about 2 1/4 inches high) |
Set includes Officer with claymore sword and 5 Enlisted with rifles and bayonets.
Until their amalgamation into the Seaforth Regiment in 1881 the 1st and 2nd Battalions were respectively the 72nd and 78th Regiments of Foot. The 72nd Regiment was raised by the Earl of Seaforth in 1777. In 1823, as a special mark of Royal favour it received the title of ‘The Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders’. The 78th Regiment, or ‘Ross-shire Buffs’ was raised at Fort St. George, Inverness-shire in 1793.
The regiment saw action at Tel el-Kebir during the Egyptian War, at Omdurman in the Sudan Campaign, then was stationed in India, taking part in actions along the Northwest Frontier. They later served in the Boer War, World War I, World War II and Malaya. Models are attired in authentic Seaforth Highlander tartans. Tunics with yellow facings.
This very early set by Imperial is mint in its original box.