Engineer Basevich 1/32 Crimean War

 The Crimean war 1853-1856/  Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855
Polyethylene, 1/32
TOY SOLDIERS ENGINEER BASEVICH

Foto Anatoly Temnikov
EBay is probably the best way of getting these.

Post 1500!

This is my 1500th post on this blog. Thanks for reading and commenting.

War Undergound

As I have mentioned before my Grandfather was a tunneller in the Great War - he was a proto man as in this picture, rescuing expired tunnellers. Looking like something out of Jules Verne. I have been talking to my local museum about maybe doing something on tunnellers as there were quite a few local men doing it. The above book is very good - my brother bought it me for Christmas. The caption to the above cover photo is
Proto mine rescue apparatus. Rescue of a sapper on listening duty who has been pinned to the ground by a fall of roofing caused by the explosion of a hostile mine.

Zouave cantiniere

 We have had these Crimean war photos by Roger Fenton before but they are still powerful images for seeing what a person such as this looked like.

Ragged Victorians

This group have acquired an excellent reputation for an authentic view of lower class society in the 19th century. I know a couple of members. Check out their Gallery and then their event list.
http://www.raggedvictorians.co.uk/gallery