Officer, The Royal Dragoons, 1812. This is an interesting figure. The short red coat has blue collar, cuffs and turn backs, outlined with gilt edges; large gilt buttons secure the turn backs. There are red and gilt epaulettes and buff gauntlets; buttons on the coat are accented with gilt lace. Two short knots hang from a burgundy cummerbund over which he has a white belt. Grey trousers have a single red stripe. His black mirlton shako has a patch of black leather sewn to the body above the forehead with a short white above red plume at the front. A 75mm figure signed on the base: D. Holmes 1987. |