King & Country · Napoleonic · NA027
NA027 gives a mounted staff officer something unusually specific to do: attend to a sheet of paper. The figure turns attention from the spectacle of command to the written information that helped make it function.
- Maker
- King & Country
- Set code
- NA027
- Series
- Napoleonic (NA)
A paper changes the story
The pale sheet is a small element, but it explains the hands and the rider’s concentration. Place the figure where that detail can be seen. He works particularly well beside a mounted escort such as NA025, because their different activities suggest a staff at work without needing a large table or a building around them.
Keep source and sculpt together
The catalog description identifies a chasseur attached to the staff. That is more informative than “French officer on horse.” In a collection record, keep the exact NA027 code, the staff role and a photograph showing the document. Headgear and decorative uniform details are useful supporting clues, but the activity is the most distinctive feature.
Inspect the working details
Ask for a close view of the document, hands and reins. Then examine the horse’s legs, tail and the rider’s projecting headgear. A repaired or missing paper can leave the pose looking puzzling even when the rest of the model is intact. A three-quarter viewing angle usually reveals the task better than displaying the horse in a strict line with other mounted figures.
Figure reference
King & Country NA027 Chasseur Aide-de-Camp — Sager’s Soldiers catalog record. The collecting observations above refer to the pictured model; condition varies between individual examples.
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