10136 - Oliver Cromwell, 1649 First Legion- Napoleon Retreat from Russia This mounted ‘Old Guard’ officer

This mounted ‘Old Guard’ officer wearing the bicorne with drawn sword rallies his men

Figures & Accessories

These “service dress blues

” Brave fighting words indeed

and eventually 21 Medals of Honor

10136 - Oliver Cromwell, 1649 First Legion- Napoleon Retreat from Russia This mounted ‘Old Guard’ officerOliver Cromwell, 1649 Statesman and soldier, Oliver Cromwell is regarded as one of the most important figures in English history. He came to prominence during the first English Civil War (1642) as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian New Model Army. Cromwell was instrumental in many of their victories resulting in the execution of Charles I and the establishment the Commonwealth. In 1653 he was named Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, a position