King & Country DD219 Walking Rifleman: A 101st Trooper Between the Better-Known Moments

The rifle stays below the face

The weapon forms a shallow diagonal across the waist, leaving the turned head visible. The brown stock adds warmth among the lighter jacket and darker trouser areas.

The step is less exaggerated than a running figure’s. That restraint lets the sculpt connect naturally with men standing, checking a map or preparing to move.

A collection needs the intervals too

DD211’s officer and DD213’s kneeling rifleman can supply a pause at one end of a small scene. DD219 provides the movement leading toward or away from them.

The release record identifies the 101st Airborne but does not name a regiment, a route or a specific day. Keep the division with the figure while letting the display arrangement remain a collecting choice.

DD219 belongs in the D-Day retrospective because the airborne story continues after landing and between engagements. A walking man can give a group direction without making every part of it an action vignette.

Release record and collecting notes

Sager’s archived DD219 product record lists a release date of August 2013 and a retirement date of August 2016. These are catalog dates, rather than a statement about today’s secondhand availability. Compare the seller’s actual photographs with the reference image here, including any projecting equipment and the base; a familiar box title alone is not a condition report.