King & Country
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- Joined
- May 23, 2005
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Hi Guys,
For some the ‘beginning and end’ of any discussion about Normandy is the invasion itself and the events of 6 June 1944.
For many others, myself included, it’s also about the bitter, bloody 85 day struggle that followed D. Day and became known as ‘The Battle for Normandy’.
That, in fact, is the ‘cover story’ of our next edition of K&C’s own “COLLECTOR” magazine due for release sometime this July.
Seen on the front cover are the initial seven-figure release of British ‘Tommies’ from the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Btn. South Lancashire Regt. who were among the leading infantry to land on ‘SWORD BEACH’ on that first morning of this epic campaign in Normandy.
As mentioned before these latest King & Country ‘Tommies’ are just the ‘advance guard’ of almost two dozen British infantrymen, all in ‘action’ poses and with a choice of either a ‘sand’-coloured base for beach displays or a ‘grass’-covered base for dios and settings as the troops moved inland off the beaches and into the villages, towns and bocage of Normandy.
Plans are also afoot for one or two support vehicles to backup and transport the lads into battle.
In the meantime here’s the front cover of ‘Issue No. 56’ to mull over during the weekend. Hope you like it.
All the best and happy collecting!
Andy
P.S. The steel helmet in the pic is the classic British MKⅢ ‘Tortoise’ designed back in 1941 but not to go into full production until 1943. The first issue of these helmets was provided to the British and Canadian assault troops on D. Day.
For some the ‘beginning and end’ of any discussion about Normandy is the invasion itself and the events of 6 June 1944.
For many others, myself included, it’s also about the bitter, bloody 85 day struggle that followed D. Day and became known as ‘The Battle for Normandy’.
That, in fact, is the ‘cover story’ of our next edition of K&C’s own “COLLECTOR” magazine due for release sometime this July.
Seen on the front cover are the initial seven-figure release of British ‘Tommies’ from the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Btn. South Lancashire Regt. who were among the leading infantry to land on ‘SWORD BEACH’ on that first morning of this epic campaign in Normandy.
As mentioned before these latest King & Country ‘Tommies’ are just the ‘advance guard’ of almost two dozen British infantrymen, all in ‘action’ poses and with a choice of either a ‘sand’-coloured base for beach displays or a ‘grass’-covered base for dios and settings as the troops moved inland off the beaches and into the villages, towns and bocage of Normandy.
Plans are also afoot for one or two support vehicles to backup and transport the lads into battle.
In the meantime here’s the front cover of ‘Issue No. 56’ to mull over during the weekend. Hope you like it.
All the best and happy collecting!
Andy
P.S. The steel helmet in the pic is the classic British MKⅢ ‘Tortoise’ designed back in 1941 but not to go into full production until 1943. The first issue of these helmets was provided to the British and Canadian assault troops on D. Day.
