36178 - French Imperial Guard 1st Rank Kneeling Firing WWII K&C Fall of Berlin-Red Army In the field the Legate

In the field the Legate could be distinguished by his elaborate helmet and body armour

’ Shrewdly he reckoned it was cheaper to build and garrison the wall and its many forts along his northern border than keep a huge standing army there

in the then new ERDL* Pattern camouflage which was only issued to elite reconnaissance and special operations units in early 1967

The M26 entered service in 1943 and was used extensively and virtually exclusively by US Armoured Forces in the latter part of the war

Officer and Bugler

36178 - French Imperial Guard 1st Rank Kneeling Firing WWII K&C Fall of Berlin-Red Army In the field the Legate