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MK184 ‘Sir William Wallace’
Most medieval collectors are more than familiar with the
Mel Gibson movie
“Braveheart”, the semi fictional exploits of one of Scotland’s greatest heroes.
The
real Sir William Wallace was a far cry from the cinematic version... He never painted half his face blue and he never wore a kilt either!
Wallace was a lowlander from a small town called
Elderslie, near Glasgow not far from where yours truly was born.
In battle Wallace was garbed in much the same contemporary military fashion as his enemies led by
Edward I of England. He was a Scottish knight of Norman background who became one of the main leaders during the
First Scottish War of Independence (
1296-1328).
His ‘finest hour’ came in September 1297 when he led his vastly outnumbered Scottish Army and defeated a much-larger English force of 3,000 mounted knights and about 10,000 foot soldiers at the
Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Our K&C
‘Wallace’ is dressed in chainmail with a surcoat bearing the saltire
St. Andrew’s Cross of Scotland. On his shield and horse’s coat is a
white lion rampant on a red background... part of his family’s coat-of-arms. In his raised right hand he wields a one-handed
‘Ball & Chain Flail’ ... a wooden shaft connected by a chain to a spiked, metal ball...
deadly and dangerous!
MK195 ‘Sir Archibald Douglas’
Sir Archibald (
1298-1333) was another Scottish nobleman and military leader during the struggle for Scotland’s independence. A son of the Douglas family and a friend of
Robert The Bruce (
1274-1329) this brave knight wears the colours and symbols granted to the Douglas clan after they took the dead king’s heart (
as he had wished) on a crusade to The Holy Land. Our sword-wielding knight charges into battle ready to strike down the enemy
be they English or Saracen!
AVAILABLE: Mid April
