Trophy Highland Brigade SS30 The Advancing Set (1 Viewer)

[ucla1967]

Trophy offered the Highland Brigade sets as one of five different highlander regiments: Black Watch, Gordons, Seaforths, Camerons, and Argyll & Sutherland. In addition, they also offered those five regiments with five different color tunic choices: Red, khaki, drab, grey, and white. This is a set I bought at the Chicago Show about 15 years ago from Trophy Canadian dealer Jim Holland because it was the only Highland Brigade set that I had seen with the white tunics.

This is Trophy's Highland Brigade Set No: - SS30 THE ADVANCING SET as Seaforth Highlanders with white tunics consisting of one officer advancing with drawn pistol, four privates advancing with rifle and bayonet, and one piper advancing. It has a Trophy box, but is missing the descriptive box-end label. Here is a chance to pick up a rarely seen Trophy set for only $150 plus shipping. If interested, please contact me at matara42@roadrunner.com.

 

[ucla1967]

This set has been sold.

 

[Der Alte Fritz]

Trophy offered the Highland Brigade sets as one of five different highlander regiments: Black Watch, Gordons, Seaforths, Camerons, and Argyll & Sutherland. In addition, they also offered those five regiments with five different color tunic choices: Red, khaki, drab, grey, and white. This is a set I bought at the Chicago Show about 15 years ago from Trophy Canadian dealer Jim Holland because it was the only Highland Brigade set that I had seen with the white tunics.

This is Trophy's Highland Brigade Set No: - SS30 THE ADVANCING SET as Seaforth Highlanders with white tunics consisting of one officer advancing with drawn pistol, four privates advancing with rifle and bayonet, and one piper advancing. It has a Trophy box, but is missing the descriptive box-end label. Here is a chance to pick up a rarely seen Trophy set for only $150 plus shipping. If interested, please contact me at matara42@roadrunner.com.

What is the history behind the white tunics? I've never seen Highlanders in that uniform and was wondering which campaigns they were in as presented. The curiosity is killing me.

 

[GICOP]

What is the history behind the white tunics? I've never seen Highlanders in that uniform and was wondering which campaigns they were in as presented. The curiosity is killing me.

Jim

The Trophy catalogue lists the white tunics as offered as part of the "Raj Parade figures only"........not sure how the FIRING SET and PRONE FIRING SET would fit in there though:wink2:

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Wolfgang_UK]

Jim

The Trophy catalogue lists the white tunics as offered as part of the "Raj Parade figures only"........not sure how the FIRING SET and PRONE FIRING SET would fit in there though:wink2:

Cheers

Martyn

Nice set of figures. Thank you very much for the explanation concerning the white tunic and of cause for sharing the photo. Would all five different colours co-exist at the same time-span depending just on the theatres of operations? Furthermore what determines the colour of the helmet-ribbon (probably not the right term)? This is one of those questions I always would have liked to know but never dared to ask
Would be interesting to see the possible colours in comparison .
Kind Regards
Wolfgang

 

[ucla1967]

Nice set of figures. Thank you very much for the explanation concerning the white tunic and of cause for sharing the photo. Would all five different colours co-exist at the same time-span depending just on the theatres of operations? Furthermore what determines the colour of the helmet-ribbon (probably not the right term)? This is one of those questions I always would have liked to know but never dared to ask
Would be interesting to see the possible colours in comparison .
Kind Regards
Wolfgang

Hi Wolfgang,

Martyn is correct, the Trophy catalog does state that the white tunics were for Raj Parade figures only. Obviously, some collector had different ideas and ordered the white tunics for the SS30 Advancing Set that I sold. The catalog tied the tunic colors to battles: Red was Tel-El-Kebir, etc; Khaki was Egypt, Sudan, etc; Drab was Afganistan; and Grey was for Tamai. I bet Martyn knows the story behind the helmet colored headbands, but if I had to guess, I would say it was for command and control purpose to help identify specific units in battle.

At one time, I had a set of highlanders with white tunics, that may have been from the Indian Mutiny, which was made by a company called Star which had a line of Marlborough produced figures sold by Curly Star. They had a fire which destroyed much of their inventory and basically put them out of business. I met his wife at a Chicago Show in about 1993 or 1994; she was a widow at that time, if I remember correctly. I have seen the Star set on eBay and/or OTSA auctions several times.

Best regards,

Mike