F is for Follow-up - Composition Guards

Further to recent comments on the original thread and - in a roundabout way - this morning's post, here's a little more on Chris's possibly-probably Zang Guardsman in the 54mm bracket.

Adrian wondered at the Harvey styling of the figure - particularly the bearskin, while I had mused on the possibility the figure may have lost a drum. As you can see both are slightly red herrings . . . or scarlet! Not least that - as Chris pointed out - the giardsmen are marching, but also there is some texture to the bearskin, if anything it's now looking more Herald Hong Kong (but I suspect further comparisons would reveal them to be smaller all round), his posing is more 'At Ease' than drumming and he therefore remains a mystery?

Compared with various figures of the earlier period, he's not a direct copy of any of them, although the coat-tails and bayonet-frog (hidden by paint on all three figures) is close to the Long Star chaps to his left . . . as are the shoulder-blades and back sculpt in general?

Anyone got any ideas yet? Not ringing a bell . . . ah! Bell, they're believed to have issued composition!??