Description
Barcode: 0 89195 70517 4
Packaging: 12 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 13.6"x8"x3.3" 1/6 "Geordie Strong" , 1st Hampshires 50th (Northumberland) Division, Meuse-Escaut Canal, September 1944 This WW2 British action figures contains many new items! Uniform
- British MkII Helmet
- British MkII Helmet netting
- British 37-pattern BD Uniform Jacket ('06 New Pattern)
- British Leather Jerkin (New Materials)
- British 37-pattern BD Uniform Trousers ('06 New Pattern)
- British Ammunition Boots
- British 37-pattern Cloth Anklets Equipment
- 37-Pattern Waistbelt
- 37-Pattern Braces
- Water Bottle Strap
- Haversack
- Enamelled Cup
- Ground Sheet
- 37-Pattern General Purpose Pouches
- Collapsible E-Tool Carrier
- Shovel Handle
- Shovel Head
- British Water Bottle Weapons
- No. 36 Grenade
- MK II Sten w/Magazine
- Sten sling (New) Insignia
- Hampshire Regiment Shoulder Arc (New)
- 50th Division Shoulder Title (New)
- Brigade Seniority Stripes (New)
- British Corporal Sleeve Stripes (New) Other
- NEO Male body
- Male Hands
- New headsculpt (New)
- Clear figure stand About the 1st Hampshires 50th Division: This formation was sent to France in 1940 as a Territorial Army division, and was involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk. It saw service in the Western Desert Campaign ,losing one of it's brigades ( British 150th Infantry Brigade ), and then was involved in the Sicily landings of 1943. The division was withdrawn to Great Britain and then landed on Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944. The division stayed in North West Europe until December 1944 when it was again returned to Great Britain for the remainder of the war.