Gaspard, Baron Gourgaud, also known as simply, Gaspar Gourgaud was originally a talented artillery officer who shared the emperors interest and fascination with all kinds of ordnance and the means to exploit them to the full. Although he followed Napoleon into exile on St. Helena after the latters defeat at Waterloo he soon tired of the petty squabbles and intrigues among the Emperors most trusted confidantes. He returned to France and, after Napoleons death in 1821 lobbied long and hard for the emperors remains to be returned to France which they eventually were in 1840. General Gourgaud as portrayed by K&C is dressed in the uniform of a very senior General of Ordnance.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
Extra Fine painted
Scale
Scale 1:30
Material
Metal-Alloy
Epoch
Napoleonic
Time
1789 - 1815
Nationality/Location
France
State
New
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
King & Country UK Green Lane Ind. Est. DL16 6DL Spennymoor, Co Durham Vereinigtes Königreich
