France was a key part of the alliance against Russia, keen to see Russian interests kept in check and the balance of power in Europe maintained. As such, a significant force of around 300,000 French troops would be sent to the Crimea, where they found themselves fighting alongside their traditional foe - the British!
The backbone of the French contribution to the war was of course the line infantry. Clad in their blue tunics and the red trousers that would come to epitomise French troops for the next sixty years, they mostly used older smoothbore muskets converted to use percussion caps, but generally wielded these to good effect.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted, kit
Scale
Size 28 mm
Material
Metal-Alloy
Epoch
19th Century
Nationality/Location
France
State
new
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
Warlord Games Centre, Lenton Blvd. NG7 2BD Nottingham, Vereinigtes Königreich
