More Bands that I need Help to ID (1 Viewer)

[captainsimos]

Hope everyone had a quiet Easter and are well. I thought I had seen the last of the band figures, but that wasn’t the case. My friend brought another box full of bands. I would appreciate any help in identifying them. They are all solid core and appear to be recast Britains.

Photo 1 appears to be Cold Stream but not sure, also on the back of the coat at the bottom are two vertical white lines with three gold dots.
Photo 2 I think this is Danish Livegarde
Photo 3 Don’t have a clue Jackets are dark blue
Photo 4 Don’t have a clue Jackets are green with red vest
Photo 5 appears to be Cold Stream but this one has on the back of the coat two wiggly lines with gold dots with a white straight line between.
Thanks to everyone for them help and hoping you and your families are staying well.

 

[theBaron]

Hi, Simos!

I agree with you on #1 and #2.

#3 are Prussian (aka Imperial German, the Kaiser's Army) musicians in the uniforms circa 1910. The figures look like they may be modified from castings by Tradition. Tradition produced a couple sets of Imperial German musicians on parade. One depicted the 1st Foot Guards ("Garde zu Fuss"), in parade plumes like these figures have. Another depicted the 1st Food Guards in their ceremonial grenadier caps. The other depicted infantry in field uniforms, with plain helmets without the plumes. If you go here: https://traditionoflondonshop.com/5...y_1871-1919&osCsid=oddl2g630sn4g6p26dsmq99cd1, you can see the catalog page at Tradition's website, that shows painted examples of the individual figures.

#4 depicts an Imperial Russian band, I think of the Preobazhenskii Guards, who retained the grenadier miter in their dress uniforms right up to the overthrow of the Empire. They wore a colored plastron on their tunics, such as has been painted on these. I think these are also conversions using Rose Imperial German grenadier heads on bodies derived from Britains castings.

As for #5, you may be right, too. A tip about the British Guard regiments is the color of the plume or hackle on the side of the bearskin cap, which side the plume is on, and the lack of a plume. I don't recall offhand which are which, but I've got it in one of my references somewhere.

Hope that helps, prosit!
Brad

 

[jazzeum]

Could number 3 be Frontline? They produced a set like that.

 

[theBaron]

Hi, Brad, I know which ones you mean, because I have them. But no, these are definitely conversions using Tradition castings. If we look closely at the bases, we can see the oval mounded base that Tradition cast integrally with the figure. They've been glued to pieces of metal sheet stock cut to shape. The shape is similar to that of Frontline's figures, but they're definitely conversions.

Prost!
Brad

 

[captainsimos]

There has to be a difference in what he was trying to depict on #1 and #5 since he went to the trouble of painting the backs of the jackets with different designs. I carefully looked at both sets and that is the only difference I could find. It is a shame he didn't mark the sets, I remember Brad mentioning in another thread that he has marked his for future generations. Thanks for the information on the other sets. I have a couple more to post, but I don't want to hog the thread. Stay Well and I hope this craziness ends soon.