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Merry Everything from the Grand Duchy of Stollen!


A seasonally appropriate illustration from a mid-1980s series that ran in Military Modelling entitled something like Christmas Pudding Gone Awry.  I have all six carefully framed and hanging here in Zum Stollenkeller.
 

The Grand Duchess Sonja, Young Master Paul, and I wish visitors to the Grand Duchy a peaceful, happy season however, wherever, and with whomever you celebrate.

Kind Christmas Regards,

Stokes

Comments

Duke of Baylen said…
Merry Christmas to all in the Duchy including its visitors/readers
Stephen
1:37 AM
Rob said…
That's a cracker - did the caption give the uint, date and location? I wondered whether the cook is meant to be incompetent or sabotaging Christams for the occupying forces...
Are you going to share the others? I
4:29 AM
david in suffolk said…
A very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you all - hope the Stollen turned out well!
11:48 AM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Thank you for the good wishes, gentlemen! No, no more information on the seasonal illustration besides the artist's name in the lower left-hand corned and the title. Possible a royal regiment given the dark blue facings? Would you believe the stollen is half gone, and it is only the afternoon of the 26th?

Kind Christmas Regards,

Stokes
1:26 PM
David Morfitt said…
And to you and yours, Stokes. :-) That is a splendid illustration. Not having come across him before, I looked the artist up and he was a 1st war veteran who produced a great many illustrations. I think that particular illustration may depict the Second or Coldstream Guards in the 1790s - note the buttons and loops in twos, and the garter star on the light bob's cap plate.
2:11 PM
David Morfitt said…
Unfortunately the button lace is wrong for the Coldstreams - it should be bastion or scallop headed for them! I wonder if the artist just got the details wrong?
2:50 PM
David Morfitt said…
Ah - I found another illustration by him of clearly the same figures but labelled as a uniform plate. The unit is actually the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - the deceptive item was that garter badge on the light bob's cap which pointed to Coldstream Guards! I haven't come across a light infantry cap worn by the Fusiliers using that badge.
3:01 PM
David Morfitt said…
And I have found a depiction of the 7th Royal Fusiliers with the light infantry cap with the garter badge by L Rousselot; see here: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ec/30/31/ec3031f38d50a5331282dd1a246ad61b--find-a-date-french-revolution.jpg ! So perhaps your illustration is in fact correct... :-)
3:15 PM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Some excellent Christmastime detective work there, David!

Kind Regards,

Stokes
7:25 PM
David Morfitt said…
Thanks, Stokes. I do like to know the answer to these things! Thankfully the Internet often comes up with the answer... :-)
7:11 PM
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