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Occasionally we get a rare opportunity to acquire individual items and complete collections for collectors that are thinning out their collection or from other dealers. These pieces are items that we do not normally stock. All are in mint condition or and in their original boxes, unless specified in the description. Please note these may have been on display.

So these are ideal pages to view if you are looking for that missing piece in your collection or just looking to find some very unique pieces that are not normally available.

This month we have added a very large collection of Aeroart, St Petersburg figures and also a very large collection of Plastic figures and Play Sets. We have also added Frontline French and Indian War sets in perfect condition.

Consignment Highlight

This month we feature sets from Thomas Gunn, First Legion, Britain's, Jenkins, King & Country, Frontine, St Petersburg and Plastics.

Collectors Corner

Sierra Toy Soldier Britain's Exclusive

Sierra Toy Soldier Exclusive - In Stock Now!

• BR20199 “Ukulwa Nokufa!” (Fighting to the Death!) Zulu Hand-to-Hand
• BR20147 -- "The Deadly Dance" - Zulu Warrior and British 24th Foot Hand-to-Hand Set
• BR20183 Pressing Home The Attack - Zulu Warrior and British 24th Foot Hand-To-Hand Set.

Zulu Storehouse Attack

Britains

Britain's November Releases!

American Civil War

New November Releases, not previously announced!

• BR10094 Union General Ulysses S. Grant, No.2
• BR31294 Union Iron Brigade Charging, No.2 - Restock
• BR31307 Good Friends and Good Conversation Two Seated Union Officers with Dog
• BR31325 Federal Cavalry Trooper Holding Horse
• BR31386 Dismounted Confederate 1st Virginia Dismounted Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalryman with Mount
• BR31387 Dismounted Confederate Cavalryman Resting with Mount
• BR31396 Confederate Artillery Guidon

American Civil War

Musuem Collection

• BR10093 Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
• BR10094 Union General Ulysses S. Grant, No.2
• BR10111 U.S. General William Henry Harrison, 1813
• BR10112 U.S. General Andrew Jackson, 1813-14
• BR10113 U.S. General Winfield Scott, 1813-14

Museum Collection

Jack Tars & Leathernecks Collection

• BR13055 U.S. Marine Raider, 1943-44

Jack Tars & Leathernecks Collection

Clash of Empires

• BR16104 Native Warrior Walking with Caution
• BR16120 British 43rd Regiment of Foot Grenadier Marching, 1780
• BR16121 British 60th Regiment of Foot Marching, 1760-67
• BR16122 British 43rd Regiment of Foot, Grenadier NCO Marching, 1780
• BR16127 British 43rd Regiment of Foot Drummer Marching, 1780
• BR53008 Old Growth Oak Tree, Autumn
• BR53010 Fallen Old Growth Oak Tree with Stump

Clash of Empires

History of the US Army - Bluecoats Collection

• BR47102 U.S. War of 1812 Infantry Drummer (Gloss)
• BR47103 U.S. War of 1812 Infantry Fifer (Gloss)
• BR47104 U.S. War of 1812 Infantry Field Music, 3 piece set (Gloss)
• BR47105 U.S. War of 1812 Artillery Drummer (Gloss)
• BR47106 U.S. War of 1812 Artillery Fifer (Gloss)
• BR47107 U.S. War of 1812 Artillery Field Music, 3 piece set (Gloss)

History of the US Army - Bluecoats Collection

History of the British Army - Redcoats Collection

• BR47100 British Grenadier Guards Drummer, 1953 (Gloss)
• BR47101 British Grenadier Guards Drummer, Present (Gloss)

History of the British Army - Redcoats Collection

King & Country

King & Country November Releases!

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

Christmas comes but once a year and, as usual, we like to ‘bring in the new’ as well as revisit a couple of old friends…

• XM022-01 Santa & The Polar Bear Express
• XM022-02 Santa's Little Helper
• SGS-XM003 Santa's Workshop Cottage
• SGS-XM004 Christmas Carol Singing Celebration

Christmas - Limited Edition

2023 Calendar

King & Country designed our first desktop calendar since 2010 and we are happy to hear good responses from collectors. Same as previous years, you would find photos of dioramas and popular items in the 2023 Calendar.

• PM108 - King & Country 2023 Calendar

King_Country_Calendar

THE MAN WHO LOST VIETNAM…?

As commander of all U.S. ground troops in South Vietnam from 1964 until 1968 he pursued a war of attrition against first, the Viet Cong and then, increasingly, the NVA (North Vietnamese Army), attempting to drain them of manpower and supplies. He made extensive use of the massive American superiority in artillery and air power, both in tactical confrontations and in relentless strategic bombing which allied to a major troop buildup saw U.S Force numbers expand from approx. 25,000 in 1964 to almost 540,000 in 1968!

‘The Westmoreland Strategy’ was ultimately unsuccessful both politically and militarily because while the VC and the NVA, under their leadership, were more than willing to accept higher casualties the American public and their increasingly embattled Government were not.

General William C. Westmoreland himself had, until Vietnam a very successful military career with many awards and promotions along the way.

Physically, tall and striking he was an imposing figure on the battlefield, in the MACV Headquarters (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) or at the Pentagon in Washington.

Up until the TET Offensive of early 1968 he had the confidence and support of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his Cabinet in Washington.It was the sudden surprise of the TET Offensive which ultimately shattered Johnson’s confidence in Westmoreland. Although the Americans and their South Vietnamese allies decimated the communist opposition they lost the support of the great American public back home… Thanks in part to the U.S. mainstream media.

This special ‘General Westmoreland’ figure portrays this top-ranking U.S. Army officer on one of his many visits to his troops in the field. His army jungle fatigues are perfectly starched and pressed… his 4 star rank appearing prominently on his baseball cap and on both shirt collars… his black jump boots perfectly shined and polished…. The very picture of a modern major general… even in the jungles of Vietnam!

• VN157 General William C. Westmoreland

Vietnam - Tet 68

Kokoda Diggers Fight Back

• KT005 Vickers Machine Gunner - The Vickers Machine Gun or ‘Vickers Gun’ was the name given to the British, water-cooled, .303 heavy machine gun used by British and Empire armies in two World Wars and countless other conflicts from its introduction in 1912 until its retirement in 1968… more the 56 years on ‘active service’, a record virtually unmatched by any other British infantry weapon.
  This gun had a reputation for great solidity and reliability and was based on the highly successful Maxim machine gun of the late 19th Century.
  These sterling qualities endeared the Vickers to every Australian soldier who ever fired it. Our ‘Digger’ sits perched on a sandbag behind his gun complete with ammunition boxes and ready to open fire on the enemy
• KT006 Kokoda Bren Gunner - While the Vickers Guns were supplied at Company and Battalion level all infantry platoons would have a Bren Gun for each one of its three rifle sections.
  The Bren was a Light Machine Gun that fired the same .303 round as its heavier Vickers counterpart and although fitted with a bipod could also be mounted on a tripod in the ‘fixed-firing mode’ or even on all kinds of military vehicles.
  Our K&C lying prone ‘Digger’ is firing his Bren in the most commonly used shooting position.
• KT009 Kokoda Rifle Section - A three-man section, all of them armed with the classic Lee-Enfield Rifle, commonly known as the .303 SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield).
  This bolt action, magazine-fed rifle served the British and Commonwealth Forces from 1903 up until 1957 in several different variants.
  The best known of all the Lee Enfield rifles was the SMLE Mk.Ⅲ introduced in 1907 and fitted with the18” long 1907 Pattern Sword Bayonet.
  Although superceded in the British Army by the introduction of the Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. 1 rifle Australia chose to retain their vintage SMLE Mk.Ⅲ’s until well after the Korean War.
  Here K&C’s three ‘Diggers’ have adopted various shooting poses as they prepare to take on the advancing Japanese.

KOKODA: The Long Bloody Trail

FIGHTING IN NORMANDY

Here is the second batch of 12th SS “Hitlerjugend” Panzer Division youngsters ready and willing to go into battle somewhere in Normandy in the summer of 1944 just days and weeks after the 6 June Allied Invasion. As earlier 12th SS figures these new additions are also in ‘mixed rig’ uniform combinations of camouflage jackets or trousers with traditional German field grey tunics and / or trousers

• WS366 HJSS Firing MP44 - This NCO (non commissioned officer) kneels down to take careful aim with his MP44 Assault Rifle
• WS369 HJSS Kneeling w/MP40 - Although kneeling this young soldier looks as if he is about to jump up and move to a new location.
• WS370 HJSS Kneeling Firing Rifle - As virtually all younger members of the 12th SS had passed through the ranks of the Hitler Youth many of them were already ‘expert shots’ as marksmanship was highly-prized and awarded within the entire HJ movement.As virtually all younger members of the 12th SS had passed through the ranks of the Hitler Youth many of them were already ‘expert shots’ as marksmanship was highly-prized and awarded within the entire HJ movement.
• WS371 HJSS Kneeling Signaller  - Crouching down beside his field telephone this signaller receives the latest battlefield information… or perhaps instructions from a superior.
• WS372 HJSS MG42 Gun Team - This 2-man team lies prone behind their deadly MG42 machine gun about to open fire on some advancing ‘Tommies’.
• WS373 HJSS Advancing firing Rifle - Cautiously moving forward ready to open fire with his Gewehr 43 rifle

Normandy 1944 - German Forces

John Jenkins

New November Releases - WWII - German Aircraft

MESSERSCHMITT ME 262 B-1a/U1(WNr 111980), RED 12, 10./NJG 11, REINFELD, MAY 1945.

Please click on the link below for the full and detailed description.

Please Note: New Pre- Order Must be submitted by November 10, 2022! Only the quantities pre-ordered will be made. Delivery expected March 2023!

• ACE-262NF Messerschmitt Me 262 B1a/U1 Nightfighter

JJD Aircraft Collection

MACCHI M5, ITALIAN FLYING BOAT, US NAVAL SERVICE, BLACK 33, 263th SQUADRON, PORTO CORSINI, US NAVY ENSIGN CHARLES HAMMAN, 21st AUGUST 1918.

The first prototype of the Macchi M.5, flew for the first time in 1917 and was developed by engineers Buzio & Calzavera. Based directly on the previous Macchi M.3, it consisted on a single-step hull with an open cockpit placed forward on the wings, three more prototypes were tested, designated "Ma", "M bis" and "Ma bis" and the production version, finally was named as "M.5".

Like it's prototypes, it was powered by an Isotta-Fraschini 4Vb engine placed in a pusher configuration that could deliver 160hp of power. The first units were handed over to the Aviazione della Regia Marina (Aviation of the -Italian- Royal Navy) in the summer of 1917. A later sub-version was produced with redesigned wingtip floats and a more powerful engine, an Isotta-Fraschini V.6, placed also in the pusher configuration and delivering the respectable amount of 247hp of power. In total 244 of them were produced, 200 by Macchi itself and other 44 of them by Societá Aeronautica Italiana (SAI).

It was operated by the Royal Italian Navy's naval squadrons during The Great War with very satisfactory results. Some of them served also in the seaplane carrier Giuseppe Miraglia before they were scrapped after the creation of the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) in the successive years

It was flown by American pilots, as a trainer first and as an operational fighter later operating with the 263a Squadriglia (263th Squadron) from the Italian city of Porto Corsini, situated in the shores of the province of Ravenna. The first US Navy airman to be awarded with a Medal of Honor was piloting this airplane. On 21st August 1918 a Macchi M.8 piloted by Walther White and with Albert P. Taliaferro in the observer's position, was escorted by a flight of three Macchi M.5, in a leaflet-dropping mission over Pola, a city located in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's shores. When flying over the Adriatic, they were attacked by four Phönix land-based fighters. The Austro-Hungarian took down one of the Macchis, flown by the Ensign George Ludlow who could manage to ditch the plane at the sea. Seeing the life of his partner in risk, the pilot Charles Hamman landed his airplane close to Ludlow's one in order to take him on board. As Hamman's fighter was overloaded, he returned to base, where he crashed the airplane, however both pilots survived the crash. For that action Hamman was awarded the medal of Honor. Unfortunately, he died in a crash after the war, in June 1919 when he was piloting another Macchi.

As the Macchi had such good reputation, it comes no surprise that the Austro-Hungarians captured and used some of them, both of the M.5 and the M.5 mod version.

• ACE-042 MACCHI M5, ITALIAN FLYING BOAT, US NAVAL SERVICE 1918.

Knights Of The Skies - WWI

Troy

• TROY-003 Straight Wall
• TWT-027A Trojan Archer
• TWT-027B Trojan Archer
• TWT-027D Trojan Archers

Troy and her allies

Greeks

• TWG-025 Greek Infantry Officer

Greeks

Gempei War

• MGMP-003A Warrior Monk with Yumi
• MGMP-003B Warrior Monk with Yumi
• MGMP-003C Warrior Monk with Yumi

Gempei War 1180 - 1185

Black Hill Wars 1876-1877

Crazy Horse (c. 1840-September 5th 1877) was a Lakota Sioux war leader of the Oglala band. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against the encroachment by the American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people.

His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people.

In September 1877, four months after surrendering to US troops under George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet wielding military guard while allegedly resisting imprisonment at Camp Robinson in present day Nebraska.

He ranks among the most notable and iconic of Native American warriors and was honored by the US Postal Service in 1982, with a 13c Great Americans Series Postage Stamp.

• SSB-001 Crazy Horse

Battle where the Girl saved her Brother, 17th June 1876

Saxons

• SX-063A Wounded Saxons
• SX-063B Wounded Saxons
• SX-063N Wounded Saxons

Age of Arthur - Anglo Saxon/ Danish Shieldwall

Conquest of America

• SK-005 Beothuk Warrior

Skraeling

Macedonian phalanx

• MAC-004A 3 Phalangities with Coloured Shields
• MAC-004B 3 Phalangities with Red Shields
• MAC-004C 3 Phalangities with White Shields
• MAC-004N2 9 Phalangities

Macedonian phalanx

39th New York Infantry Regiment, Garibaldi Guard

• 39GG-008 Standard Bearer

39th New York Infantry Regiment, Garibaldi Guard

33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company E, Emerald Guard

• CS33V-008 Emerald Guard, 2 Infantry Advancing
• CS33V-008N Emerald Guard, 4 Infantry Advancing

Army of the Shenandoah, 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Company E, Emerald Guard

Maratha Cavalry

• M-WIN-007 Martha Cavalry Standard Bearer

Maratha Cavalry

Maratha Infantry

• M-WIN-031 Maratha Infantry
• M-WIN-031N Maratha Infantry

Maratha Infantry

Mountain Men

Hugh Glass (C. 1783 – 1833) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer. He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear.

No records exist regarding his origins but he is widely said to have been born in Pennsylvania to Scots and Irish parents. Glass became an explorer of the Upper Missouri River, in present day Montana, the Dakotas, and the Platte River area of Nebraska.

His life story has been the basis of two feature films, most recently the 2015 “The Revenant”.

Both films portray the survival struggle of Glass, who crawled and stumbled 200 miles to Fort Kiowa, South Dakota, after being abandoned without supplies or weapons by fellow explorers and fur traders during General Ashley’s expedition of 1823.

• WSP-026 Hugh Glass and a Grizzly Bear

Whiskey, Scalps and Beaver Pelts

American Revolution - 2nd New Hampshire Regiment

Special Booster Set

• SNH0607-BS 2nd New Hampshire Regiment, 12 Infantry

2nd New Hampshire Regiment

Restocks Expected in November - Roman Auxiliary Cavalry

• ROMCAV-001 Roman Auxiliary Cavalry, 2 Cavalry Walking with Red Shield #1
• ROMCAV-002 Roman Auxiliary Cavalry, 2 Cavalry Walking with Red Shield #2
• ROMCAV-003 Roman Auxiliary Cavalry, 2 Cavalry Walking with Green Shield #1
• ROMCAV-004 Roman Auxiliary Cavalry, 2 Cavalry Walking with Green Shield #2

Roman Auxiliary Cavalry

11th Regiment New York

• 11NY-005 2 Infantry Firing and Loading
• 11NY-005N 4 Infantry Firing and Loading
• 11NY-006 2 Infantry Firing and Loading
• 11NY-006N 4 Infantry Firing and Loading

11th Regiment New York

54th Regiment Massachusetts

• 54MASS-005 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 2 Infantry Advancing
• 54MASS-006 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 2 Infantry Advancing
• 54MASS-007 2 Infantry Advancing
• 54MASS-007N 4 Infantry Advancing
• 54MASS-008 2 Infantry Advancing
• 54MASS-008N 4 Infantry Advancing
• 54MASS-009 Standard Bearer with National Colours.

54th Regiment Massachusetts

The First Brigade, 4th Virginia Regiment

• CS4V-005 2 Liberty Hall Volunteers, Co. I
• CS4V-005N 4 Liberty Hall Volunteers, Co. I
• CS4V-006 2 Liberty Hall Volunteers, Co. I
• CS4V-006N 4 Liberty Hall Volunteers, Co. I

Army of the Shenandoah, The First Brigade, 4th Virginia Regiment

First Legion

New releases for November
Thirty Years War Artillery

The Thirty Years War was fought from 1618 to 1648 and was one of the bloodiest, most destructive conflicts in human history. One of our initial releases for the range was a Spanish Tercio formed up for the Battle of Rocroi in 1643 and we are now adding a release of artillery and crew, being suitable to portray both the French and the Spanish artillery at the battle. Rocroi was a decisive French victory and marked the beginning of the end of the myth of invincibility of the Spanish Tercio. After several French cavalry attacks had routed the Spanish cavalry, the Spanish infantry were left unsupported and exposed to artillery attack. The French Commander, the Duc d'Enghien massed his artillery alongside the already captured Spanish guns, and relentlessly hammered the Spanish squares. The Germans and Walloons within the Spanish forces deserted, overwhelmed and broken, leading to the end of the battle in French victory. We hope you enjoy the new figures and direction of our Thirty Years War figure range – we shall be adding cavalry and commanders in due course - to enable complete re-creations of the troop types present at Rocroi.

• TYW040 Thirty Years War Cannon and Accessories
• TYW041 Thirty Years War Artillery Officer
• TYW042 Thirty Years War Gun Crew with Igniter
• TYW043 Thirty Years War Gun Crew with Handspike
• TYW044 Thirty Years War Gun Crew with Sponge

Thirty Years War Artillery

Franco Prussian War - French Cuirassiers

When asked to abolish the famous red trousers of the French army in 1913, just before the outbreak of the First World War, the French War Minister Eugene Etienne famously replied "Non, jamais! Le pantalon rouge c’est la France!” Even though this statement was made more than 40 years after the war of 1870 the introduction of red trousers to the Cuirassiers regiments was probably the only major change that had been made to this most distinguished arm of the heavy French cavalry over much of the course of the 19th century. As such by the time of the outbreak of the war of 1870 the French cuirassiers entered the conflict hopelessly obsolete on the battlefield having changed little in uniform, weaponry, tactics or doctrine since the days of the First Empire more than 60 years earlier. This was to have tragic consequences as the various Cuirassiers regiments executed numerous valiant charges during the conflict only to find themselves hopelessly outgunned and frequently decimated by the Prussian infantry and artillery which they faced. Our rendition of the French Cuirassiers shows the brave men of the 4th Cuirassiers executing just such a charge, riding on to face the enemy despite the almost certain outcome.

• FPW027 French 4th Cuirassiers Officer
• FPW028 French 4th Cuirassier Standard Bearer
• FPW029 French 4th Cuirassier Trumpeter
• FPW030 French 4th Cuirassier NCO
• FPW031 French 4th Cuirassier Trooper #1
• FPW032 French 4th Cuirassier Trooper #2
• FPW033 French 4th Cuirassier Trooper #3

French Cuirassiers

Franco Prussian War - Prussian Artillery

The Franco Prussian War of 1870-71 is often overlooked in terms of its geo-political impact on the balance of power in Europe. The war hastened union of the German states as the German Empire under Prussian king Wilhelm I and Chancellor Bismarck and created a new industrial superpower in the heart of Europe. The Prussian artillery played a key role in the Prussian victory with the Krupp breach loaded ‘6 pounder’ being superior to the French muzzle loaded counterparts in accuracy, rate of fire, range and reliability. It was the Prussian artillery which counterbalanced the superiority of the French chassepot rifle and mitrailleuse early machine guns and contributed to Prussian victory. This set depicts five artillerymen and their gun preparing to engage with the out-ranged and out-gunned French forces.

• FPW044 Prussian Artillery Officer
• FPW045 Prussian Artillery NCO
• FPW046 Prussian Artillery Gunner #1
• FPW047 Prussian Artillery Gunner #2
• FPW048 Prussian Artillery Gunner #3
• FPW049 Prussian Artillery Cannon C-61

Prussian Artillery

American Revolution - 3rd New Jersey Continentals

The 3rd New Jersey Regiment in the firing line. Commanded by Col. Elias Dayton, the newly formed regiment was mustered into the Continental Army on May 2, 1776. It was reviewed in New York City by Generals Washington, Putnam, Sullivan, and Greene and the regiment’s Capt. Joseph Bloomfield noted in his personal journal that the generals claimed they were the “compleatest and best regiment in the Continental service”. Bloomfield’s 2nd lieutenant, Ebenezer Elmer noted that “Gen Washington made bold to say we were the flower of all the North American Forces”. The regiment would see distinguished action at the Battle of Valcour Island, New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Sullivan Expedition, and the Battle of Springfield. The regiment was disbanded, on January 1, 1781, at Pompton, New Jersey.

• AWI125 US 3rd New Jersey Officer
• AWI126 US 3rd New Jersey Standard Bearer
• AWI127 US 3rd New Jersey Drummer
• AWI128 US 3rd New Jersey NCO
• AWI129 US 3rd New Jersey Standing Loading
• AWI130 US 3rd New Jersey Kneeling Firing
• AWI131 US 3rd New Jersey at the Ready
• AWI132 US 3rd New Jersey Kneeling Loading
• AWI133 US 3rd New Jersey Standing Firing

3rd New Jersey Continentals

Very best regards from Mike & Myszka Hall and the Sierra Toy Soldier team - Alex, Cody and Sean.

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