Dragon – 70517 – Geordie Strong, British Infantry Section Leader, 1st Hampshires, 50th (Northumberland) Division, Meuse-Escaut Canal 1944 (Corporal)

1/6 “Geordie Strong” , 1st Hampshires 50th (Northumberland) Division, Meuse-Escaut Canal, September 1944

This WW2 British action figures contains many new items!

Uniform
– British MkII Helmet
– British MkII Helmet netting
– British 37-pattern BD Uniform Jacket (’06 New Pattern)
– British Leather Jerkin (New Materials)
– British 37-pattern BD Uniform Trousers (’06 New Pattern)
– British Ammunition Boots
– British 37-pattern Cloth Anklets

Equipment
– 37-Pattern Waistbelt
– 37-Pattern Braces
– Water Bottle Strap
– Haversack
– Enamelled Cup
– Ground Sheet
– 37-Pattern General Purpose Pouches
– Collapsible E-Tool Carrier
– Shovel Handle
– Shovel Head
– British Water Bottle

Weapons
– No. 36 Grenade
– MK II Sten w/Magazine
– Sten sling (New)

Insignia
– Hampshire Regiment Shoulder Arc (New)
– 50th Division Shoulder Title (New)
– Brigade Seniority Stripes (New)
– British Corporal Sleeve Stripes (New)

Other
– NEO Male body
– Male Hands
– New headsculpt (New)
– Clear figure stand

About the 1st Hampshires 50th Division:
This formation was sent to France in 1940 as a Territorial Army division, and was involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk. It saw service in the Western Desert Campaign ,losing one of it’s brigades ( British 150th Infantry Brigade ), and then was involved in the Sicily landings of 1943. The division was withdrawn to Great Britain and then landed on Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944. The division stayed in North West Europe until December 1944 when it was again returned to Great Britain for the remainder of the war.