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Dragon Model - Modern British Army - Coldstream Guards - Guardsman Malcom Parks

Guardians Of The Monarchy

The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army. As part of the Household Division, one of its principal roles is the protection of the monarchy; due to this, it often participates in state ceremonial occasions. The Regiment has consistently provided formations on deployments around the world and has fought in the majority of the major conflicts in which the British Army has been engaged.

The Regiment has been in continuous service and has never been amalgamated. It was formed in 1650 as 'Monck's Regiment of Foot' and was then renamed 'The Lord General's Regiment of Foot Guards' after the Restoration in 1660. With Monck's death in 1670 it was again renamed 'The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards' after the location in Scotland from which it marched to help restore the monarchy in 1660.

Its name was again changed to the 'Coldstream Guards' in 1855 and this is still its present title.

Today, the Regiment consists of: Regimental Headquarters, a single battalion (the 1st Battalion), an independent incremental company (Number 7 Company, maintaining the customs and traditions, as well as carrying the Colours of 2nd Battalion), a Regimental Band, a reserve company (Number 17 Company) and individuals at training establishments and other extra regimental employment.

The last four photos are examples of the Coldstream Guards, the 14th picture is of the CG during the war in Crimea 1853 to 1856, this is one of the oldest military photographs in existance, pictures 15 to 17 are of the CG performing ceremonial duties.

The figure, uniform, weapons and accessories are Mint In Box, the box is in generally good shape but there is a dent in the cardboard from storage in two places,

back of box top left and right of box top, see pictures 12 and 13.

Special Bonus from the Queen of England:

Prior to her passing the queen contacted me via Royal Mail that contained a decree and mandate from her that the most honorable purchaser of this 1/6th scale Coldstream Guard shall be bestowed with one Kaiser Figure stand for his 1/6th scale Coldstream Guard in perpetuity and the honor and glory that this person will probably one of the few Royal collectors of 1/6th military figures that actually has a 1/6th scale Coldstream Guard. She also invited this person to travel to the Royal Family Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the Coldstream Guard ceremony and to visit the Imperial War Museum in London.

(In Other Words)

A premium quality “Kaiser” brand military figure stand will be included and shipped with your military figure in the parcel.

I am the only 1/6th scale military figure seller on Ebay that gives buyers a free figure stand.

See the last picture.

The white spots on the pictures are from the flash of my camera, there is no product defect on those spots.

I will be listing other 1/6th scale figures such as Dragon Model, Twisting Toys, BBI, Armoury, Ultimate Soldier, Cotswold and Ignite in the next few weeks.

To see the other figures I listed for sale, on the top right hand side of the on listing web page, click on "Seller other items".

Payment is due at time of purchase. All sales final, no returns.

If you have any questions contact me via E-Bay E-Mail......My name is Ivan......I read-write-speak both English and Spanish.

For shipment the figure will be carefully packaged, wrapped in plastic and placed in postal type boxes I ordered

with packing peanuts. So far everything I have shipped has arrived without any issues.

USA Buyers:

To Save You Money, the parcel will be shipped via the US Postal Service "USPS Ground Advantage" shipping service.

If you win multiple military action figures in an auction on the same day, wait for me to find a bigger box to accommodate multiple figures for shipment and combine shipping and send you an invoice. Sometimes because of the bigger figure shipping box that weighs more than the individual figure boxes, shipping postage may be a bit more than the sum of the number of individual shipping box shipping cost.

International Buyers:

The parcel will be shipped via "Ebay International Shipping Service", this shipping service has the lowest rates for shipping internationally.