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A few more interesting items packed up today! Some flats in a glass case with story! And some more St. Petersburg Collection figures not on the Website yet! First option to buy will be in person at the Show! Looking forward to seeing everyone who is attending! Julie

JJDESIGNS NEWS UPDATE 22nd SEPTEMBER 2025 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COLLECTION THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AMERICAN ARTILLERY The Continental Army’s growing pains through the first years of the war caused Washington considerable irritation. Professional armies cannot be developed overnight...

Surely more than just politics are annoying in life? Just watch it guys, getting to the point where I will start deleting.

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We've been packing up this week for the Show! All sorts of new and discontinued and marked down product. Some Consignment items that are not on the Website and will only be available in person will also be joining us.... Great reason to get in the car and attend these events! Some items are...

JJDESIGNS NEWS UPDATE 15th SEPTEMBER 2025 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9th, 1863 UNION ARTILLERY The Union artillery was organized into Heavy Artillery and Field Artillery. The latter was also divided into Light Artillery and Horse Artillery. During the Civil War...

Thank you Mark! Unfortunately I've been front seat to a few who have bounced back and forth in and out of hospice with dementia related illnesses and it is hard to watch and be a part of. Those palliative care nurses and care teams deserve so much kudos for being there for the families in those...

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR THE BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION, JUNE 9th, 1863 THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, CAVALRY CORPS The high ground on the farm of Richard Cunningham served as wing commander Brig. Gen. John Buford’s command post for much of the battle. Cavalry corps commander Alfred Pleasonton also...

THE ANGLO ZULU WAR THE BATTLE OF GINGINDHLOVU, 2nd APRIL 1879. The Battle of Gingindhlovu was fought on 2nd April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the siege at Eshowe, and a Zulu impi of king Cetshwayo. The British soldier would refer to it as the Battle of “GIN GIN I LOVE...

THE JACOBITE REBELLION 1745 CUMBERLAND’S ARMY The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father. It took place during the War of The Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe. It proved to...

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COLLECTION THE RAID ON ST. FRANCIS 1759 ROGER’S RANGERS Roger’s Rangers was a company of soldiers form the Province of New Hampshire raised by Major Robert Rogers and attached to the British Army during the Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War). The unit was quickly...

THE GOLD RUSH The Fur Trade A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in the United States, Canada, Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, and South Africa Gold rushes...

GLADIATORS "HAIL, EMPEROR, THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU." Gladiators were armed combatants who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked...

ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF GREECE AND MACEDONIA THE ACHAEMENID PERSIAN ARMY PERSIAN HEAVY CAVALRY The Achaemenid Empire c. 550–330 BC, also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire based in Western Asia founded by Cyrus the Great. Ranging at its greatest extent from the Balkans...

ARMIES AND ENEMIES OF ANCIENT ROME THE SAMNITES The Samnites and their relatives in central and south Italy are known as Oscans, from the name of their language. The Samnites were the largest and most important Oscan nation, and was made up of a league of four tribes, the Pentri, Caudidi...