Officer, British 20th Light Dragoons, 1808, Cavalry of the Napoleonic War, Collectable Figurine, Horseman Figurine

Cavalry of the Napoleonic War reproduced in standard 1/30th, or 54mm, a collection of Del Prado.

The figurines are made in a stable alloy of lead and zinc, with a remarkable finish, both in terms of casting, as paint. Hand painted.

Early references to the Regiment originate from 1759, when the 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons was raised because of the expansion of the ‘Light Troop’ of the 6th Dragoons. For some reason not entirely clear, this first incarnation of the 20th Light Dragoons was disbanded in 1763, only to be resurrected sixteen years later in 1779.

Curiously, after four years the Regiment was, once again, disbanded in 1783, but when war with the French expanded to include the West Indies, the Regiment was once more commissioned, in 1791, and was immediately sent to Jamaica where they fought the Maroon uprising of 1795. They formed part of the ill-fated British expedition to South America in 1806, and a squadron of the Regiment fought with the Alexandria Expedition (General Alexander Mackenzie-Fraser) in Egypt in 1807. Subsequently they fought with Wellington’s army on the Spanish peninsula (1808-1814) with a notable contribution to the British success at Vimiero. With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo (1815), a number of regiments, including the 20th Light Dragoons, were disbanded in 1819.

Weight 196gr