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Home » Historical Briefs

Historical Briefs

Short and concise historical facts and backgrounds related to many of my display figures.

These briefs are not meant to be an exhaustive encyclopedia of history, but some brief and fun facts relating to the historical display figures.

English Knight William Marshal 12th C

Sir William Marshal English Knight 1147-1219

Balian of Ibelin 1187

Balian of Ibelin 12th C

Knight of the Hospital

The Crusades 1099-1291

Eastern European Slavic Warriors

European Soldier with Espadon

European Soldier’s with Espadon 16th C

Napoleonic Grenadier Infantry Regiment 'Princess' Spain

Spanish ‘Princess Regiment’ from the Napoleonic Wars.

Mounted Arquebusier

Mounted Arquebusier’s 16th-17th C

Voltigeur 8th Infantry

Voltigeurs of the 8th Infantry Regiment Poland 1808-1810

60mm Noble Anglo Saxon Warrior challenging Viking Earl 10th C. Diorama.

Vikings and the Saxons 9th-11th C

Roman Centurion and Legionnaire

Roman Centurion 1st C AD

King Richard I

King Richard I – the Lionheart

Golden Horde Mounted Warlord

Mongol Golden Horde

Hun Warrior

Hun Warriors from the 4th-5th C

Medieval Russian Armies 1240-1550

Austrian Knight ‘Albert von Pranckh’ 14th C

Knight of The Order of the Sword 1202-1237

Knights of ‘The Order of the Sword Brethren’

German Knight of the Von Bredow family 2nd half 13th C

German knight ‘Hasso Johann von Bredow’ 1290

Tribune of The 2nd Auxiliary Legion (Legio II Adjutrix Iterum Pia Fidelis)

Roman Tribune of ‘The Second Auxiliary Legion’

Mongol General ‘Subutai’ 12th-13th C

Silesian Knight and Mongol Warrior

Battle of Legnica 1241

Samurai Warrior of the ‘Oda Clan’

Simon de Montfort The Elder

Simon de Montfort ‘The Elder’ 1175-1218

Line Infantry Sergeant France 1809

French Line Infantry (Fusiliers) 1808-1815

Imperial Guard Grenadier

French Imperial Guard 1804-15

European Knight

Medieval European Knight’s

Spartan Hoplite

Spartan Warriors

Teutonic Knight hand painted figurine

The Teutonic Knight’s and Sergeant’s

Knight Templar Sergeant

The Knight’s Templar and Sergeant’s

Greek Hoplite

Thermopylae 480 BC

60mm European Infantrymen 14th C vignette

Medieval European Infantry

Norman Knight

The Normans

William Longespee 13th C

Cuirassier Cavalry

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