West Point Color Party - very rare (1 Viewer)

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Here is a very rare set

WEST POINT COLOR GUARD

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Less than 20 sets made. I believe the set was never in the catalogue and has no set#

Cheers

Martyn
 
Cool stuff Martyn.

Don't you think it would be nice if an American collector had this, like me? ^&grin
 
again...these are really nice Martyn...I have a soft spot for the West Point Cadets from collecting the JJD US Army of Scott's Grays...
 
jazzeum said:
Cool stuff Martyn.

Don't you think it would be nice if an American collector had this, like me? ^&grin
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You mean you haven't got one of the other 19 then Brad^&grin

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
mikemiller1955 said:
again...these are really nice Martyn...I have a soft spot for the West Point Cadets from collecting the JJD US Army of Scott's Grays...
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Many thanks Michael.

Has the Cadet uniform changed much over the years?

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
I wish Martyn! Anyway, excellent pickup. My compliments.

BTW, thanks for the tip on the Gunga Din :wink2:
 
GICOP said:
Many thanks Michael.

Has the Cadet uniform changed much over the years?

Cheers

Martyn:)
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Martyn...I don't know...the fact was that...Scott's Army could not procure enough blue fabric to clothe his men...

take the rest of the myth with a grain of salt...but it is an interesting read...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chippawa

Scott had been unable to obtain enough regulation blue uniforms for his men. Although they had been manufactured and sent to the northern theater, they had been diverted to Plattsburgh and Sackets Harbor. Sufficient uniforms were scraped together to clothe the 21st US Infantry. The United States Army's Commissary General, Callender Irvine, hastily ordered 2,000 uniforms to be made and dispatched to Buffalo for Scott's other units, but because there was insufficient blue cloth, short jackets of grey cloth were used instead.

As the American line continued to hold steady under British artillery fire, British General Riall realized his error and supposedly exclaimed his famous phrase "Those are regulars, by God!"...mistaking the gray jackets as militia...(Scott appears to be the only source for Riall's utterance; there is no record of it in any British source.)

The Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point wear grey parade uniforms, but the assertion that they were adopted in commemoration of Scott’s troops at Chippawa appears to be a legend. The reasons given in 1816 for its selection were simply that it wore well and was considerably cheaper than the blue one.
 
Wow.. nice set Martyn.

Those are some BLACK cadets too!! The set must be meant to represent a more contemporary Color party.
 
Very nice Martyn, are these the figures we were talking about a while ago where you had to (and I am a bit sketchy on the detaisl) be part of an alumni and reach certain goals/donate to receive a figure?
 
mikemiller1955 said:
Martyn...I don't know...the fact was that...Scott's Army could not procure enough blue fabric to clothe his men...

take the rest of the myth with a grain of salt...but it is an interesting read...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chippawa

Scott had been unable to obtain enough regulation blue uniforms for his men. Although they had been manufactured and sent to the northern theater, they had been diverted to Plattsburgh and Sackets Harbor. Sufficient uniforms were scraped together to clothe the 21st US Infantry. The United States Army's Commissary General, Callender Irvine, hastily ordered 2,000 uniforms to be made and dispatched to Buffalo for Scott's other units, but because there was insufficient blue cloth, short jackets of grey cloth were used instead.

As the American line continued to hold steady under British artillery fire, British General Riall realized his error and supposedly exclaimed his famous phrase "Those are regulars, by God!"...mistaking the gray jackets as militia...(Scott appears to be the only source for Riall's utterance; there is no record of it in any British source.)

The Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point wear grey parade uniforms, but the assertion that they were adopted in commemoration of Scott’s troops at Chippawa appears to be a legend. The reasons given in 1816 for its selection were simply that it wore well and was considerably cheaper than the blue one.
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Many thanks for the link Michael, it sure was an interesting read:salute:::salute::

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
thebritfarmer said:
Very nice Martyn, are these the figures we were talking about a while ago where you had to (and I am a bit sketchy on the detaisl) be part of an alumni and reach certain goals/donate to receive a figure?
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Many thanks Scott. I believe this set was produced by Trophy at the request of a Toy Soldier retailer in the West Point area, I could be completely wrong though, it's been know:redface2:

The figures you refer to are the Citadel figures that Tommy Alison started a thread about

http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?26104-Citadel-Cadets-Pass-in-Review/page3

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
Better late than never an once again being privy to them they're a very nice part of American History being added to your Trophy Chest Martyn an happy to see them there.............Joe
 
The Lt. said:
Better late than never an once again being privy to them they're a very nice part of American History being added to your Trophy Chest Martyn an happy to see them there.............Joe
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Many thanks Joe

Cheers mate:salute::

Martyn:)
 
Wonderful set, Martyn ...now I can see what I missed at the London show :rolleyes2:
from other hand: now I know where I should look for other 19 sets ^&grin
Al
 
Congrats on finding this set! Thanks for the photos! Was there a story behind how these ended up on the other side of the pond?
All the best,
Lawrence
 
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