35010 "The King’s Shilling" British Recruiting Sergeant and Drummer, 1812-16 W.Britain Art of War Union and Confederate forces mauled

Union and Confederate forces mauled each other in a bloody stalemate

This model reversed from “mouse gray” to white with all of the pockets and details replicated on both sides

in place of the body belt

As two more young Vietnamese women make their way about town

A black armband with the same letters and a white braided whistle-cord round his right shoulder can also be seen

35010 "The King’s Shilling" British Recruiting Sergeant and Drummer, 1812-16 W.Britain Art of War Union and Confederate forces mauledThe expression to take the Kings shilling meant to enlist in the British army. Recruiting parties would wear their smartest uniforms, festooned with colored ribbons, while accompanied with stirring martial music. Recruiting sergeants eagerly attested to the benefits and adventures of wearing the Kings red coat. If visual enticements alone did not work new recruits were often promised a substantial bounty to join (most of which disappeared to pay for