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is this a rhine federation model?

handmade from terracotta

Billy the Kid

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HILL?

HILL TIMPO OR CRESCENT?

CHERILEA FARMER

Navy

Hanks Indian army

firing squad

britainsHILL

The executions of 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers took place in WW1. Such executions, for crimes such as desertion and cowardice, remain a source of controversy with some believing that many of those executed should be pardoned as they were suffering from what is now called shell shock. The executions, primarily of non-commissioned ranks, included 25 Canadians, 22 Irishmen and 5 New Zealanders.Between 1914 and 1918, the British Army identified 80,000 men with what would now be defined as the symptoms of shellshock. There were those who suffered from severe shell shock. They could not stand the thought of being on the front line any longer and deserted. Once caught, they received a court martial and, if sentenced to death, shot by a twelve man firing squad
“We went up into the front line near Arras, through sodden and devastated countryside. As we were moving up to our sector along the communication trenches, a shell burst ahead of me and one of my platoon dropped. He was the first man I ever saw killed. Both his legs were blown off and the whole of his body and face was peppered with shrapnel. The sight turned my stomach. I was sick and terrified but even more frightened of showing it.” Victor Sylvestor
Execution by firing squad is distinct from other forms of execution by firearms, such as a single shot from a handgun to the back of the head or neck. However, the single shot (coup de grâce) is sometimes incorporated in a firing squad execution, particularly if the initial volley turns out not to be immediately fatalThe method is also the supreme punishment or disciplinary means employed by courts martial for crimes such as cowardice, desertion or mutiny.The method is also the supreme punishment or disciplinary means employed by courts martial for crimes such as cowardice, desertion or mutiny. .
 One such execution was that of Private Eddie Slovik by the U.S. Army in 1945. Slovik was the only U.S. soldier executed for desertion since the American Civil War. It has also been applied for violent crimes carried out by soldiers, such as murder or rape. Also notably, Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry was executed by firing squad for his participation in the assassination attempt on French President Charles de Gaulle.
Execution by firing squad in the United Kingdom was limited to times of war, armed insurrection, and within the military, although is now outlawed in all circumstances, along with all other forms of capital punishment.Within the military, Admiral John Byng was one of the most senior officers and the last of his rank to be executed in this fashion. He was shot on March 14, 1757 at Portsmouth, for "failing to do his utmost" in an encounter with the French fleet during the Seven Years' War.
Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock were shot by a British firing squad on February 27, 1902, for alleged war crimes during the Boer War; many questions have since been raised as to whether they received a fair trial.
Morant's  final words were "Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!". The Australian Imperial Force which served throughout World War I had provision for (but never utilised) execution by firing squad.
 This was despite strong pressure brought upon the Australian Government to do so by the British High Command. The reason proposed for withholding this punishment was that since the AIF was an all-volunteer force, it did not warrant its application.

dragoons

hanks?

Reka

germanic cavalry

britains

The Franco-Prussian War, which many in Europa expected the French to win, instead ended with a triumphant Prussia emerging as the new military power on the continent. The French army, first forged to unsurpassed quality by Napoleon Bonaparte, had for 80 years set the military standard in Europe. However, French soldiers, though brave and impetuous in battle, were no longer led by generals equal to their predecessors. In the summer of 1870 the armies of Napoleon III suffered successive defeats at the hands of Helmuth von Moltke’s aggressive Prussian war machine. The destruction of the Imperial French Army at Sedan, followed by the Siege and surrender of Republican forces defending Paris, ended the war with France in humiliating defeat.

armistice

end of war 14/18

FRENCH INFANTRY 1880

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Royal Americans?

anyone know what regiment this is?

THE CHERRY PICKERS

The regiment was founded in 1715 as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons and was known by the name of its Colonel until 1751 when it became the 11th Regiment of Dragoons. A further name change, to the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, occurred in 1783.

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Their career during the 18th century included fighting in Scotland at the Battle of Culloden as well as service in the Seven Years' War when they took part in the charge at WarburgOn October 25.
The regiment's nickname, the "Cherry Pickers", came from an incident during the Peninsular War, in which the 11th Hussars were attacked while raiding an orchard.They were distinguished thereafter by their cherry coloured trousers, unique among British regiments
1969, the regiment was amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).

 In 1992, as part of the Options for Change defence review, the Royal Hussars were amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form the King's Royal Hussars. The 11th Hussars are unofficially perpetuated by C squadron of the King's Royal Hussars.

south australian lancers

navy

naval officer

advertised as britains on ebay.US?

THE FETTERMAN MASSACRE

In June 1866, Red Cloud, chief of the Oglala Sioux, began negotiating with the army based at Fort Laramie about the decision to allow emigrants to settle on the last of the great Sioux hunting grounds. When he was unable to reach agreement with the army negotiators he resorted to sending out war parties that attacked emigrants and army patrols.

These hit and run tactics were difficult for the army to deal with and be the time they arrived on the scene of the attack the war parties had disappeared. On December 21, 1866, eighty men rode out of Fort Phil Kearny to support a wood-cutting expedition that had come under attack. The wood was absolutely necessary to the fort, and attacks against the wood-gatherers were common. On 21st December, 1866, Captain W. J. Fetterman and an army column of 80 men, were involved in protecting a team taking wood to Fort Phil Kearny. Although under orders not to "engage or pursue Indians" Fetterman gave the orders to attack a group of Sioux warriors. The warriors ran away and drew the soldiers into a clearing surrounded by a much larger force. All the soldiers were killed in what became known as the Fetterman Massacre. Later that day the stripped and mutilated bodies of the soldiers were found by a patrol led by Captain Ten Eyck.
  Every man was mutilatilated except that of Metzker, a bugler, who fought with such desperate valor that the Indians covered the remains with a buffalo robe as a token of their savage respect. They attempted to take this brave bugler alive, but he killed so many of the warriors that he had to be finished. This much Red Cloud's people subsequently

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This day would prove anything but common. The attack force consisted of 27 cavalry, 49 infantry, Captains Fetterman and Brown, and two civilian veterans armed with Henry repeating rifles. They pursued a group of mounted Indians directly up the Bozeman Trail to a point several miles from the fort and completely cut off from it visually. There they were counterattacked by a much larger force of Indians that was lying in wait. All 80 men of the attack column were wiped out. Red Cloud made the U.S Cavalry sign the Fort Laramie treaty

irish lancers

The oldest lancer regiment within the British Army. Ranging throughout it's turbulant history dating from 1689, temporary disbandment in 1799, reformation in 1858 and it's eventual disbandment in 1922. "The Redbreasts" or "The Daily Advertisers" as the 5th Royal Irish Lancers were known, went into battle with the motto of the Order of St Patrick "Quis Separabit" (Who Shall Separate?).

From the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland, India, South Africa and the Trenches of Belgium and France during World War One the Royal Irish Lancers fought with distinction until their eventual disbandment in 1921 and amalgamation with the 16th Lancers in 1922.

is this the current blazer badge after the amalgamation?

Bill CODY alias buffalo bill

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on 14 April 1887 the steamship, State of Nebraska entered the Thames and anchored at Gravesend fourteen days after leaving the United States. Despite a rousing send-off with, according to Colonel William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody, thousands there to see the travellers away, the voyage was not easy, with headwinds for much of the trip. But what made this trip unusual was its passengers including nearly 100 native Americans (See image on right). The weather was cold when they arrived in England, there had been snow earlier in the day, and the Indians wrapped themselves in their blankets to greet officials from the Amero

Crescent bill

BILL CODY