An Almirall
figure of a Civil Guardsman bearing a standard (or colour?), actually brought
back from Cuba, but totalitarian regimes make strange yet obvious bedfellows,
even if one purports to be from the socialist 'Left' and the other is avidly
from the 'Right' with Catholic Rome's berobe'ed servants behind it! When they
are both pariah's to someone, trade is easier to justify, and politics is all
about justification!
The base is the same as a recent set of
magazine part-work collectables from Almirall,
but I couldn't tie the figure into that set and the same base was in use by the
firm when Garratt was waxing-lyrical about them in the early 1980's, so I hope
he's a rarer figure from the 'connoisseur' market. Although I wouldn't describe
the figure as having a connoisseur finish, the painting is a bit hit-and-miss -
more 'matt toy-soldier' style.
Still - he'll look good leading my Pech Y Hermanos (Pech & Brothers) detachment!
21st-Jan-2019 - Better line-ups here now!
21st-Jan-2019 - Better line-ups here now!
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