King & Country WS142 Cossack Feldgendarmerie with Prisoner: A Captive at the Edge of the Cavalry Story

The release identifies a suspect, not a proven offence

The archived description calls the prisoner a partisan suspect. That wording matters: the model provides no name, case record or evidence establishing who the man is.

The catalog therefore retains the distinction between detention and a documented act. The two figures represent the manufacturer’s occupation vignette, not an independently verified historical arrest.

Anti-partisan service affected civilians

In published comments preserved by the University of Innsbruck, historian Peter Pirker stresses the involvement of German-aligned Cossack forces in crimes against civilians in Yugoslavia and Italy. That history is essential context for a release centred on a captive.

The miniature does not identify this prisoner as a victim of a particular recorded crime. It does, however, make the power imbalance of occupation visible in a way that a mounted officer alone cannot.

Read the clothing and posture together

The policeman’s long coat and tall fur cap form an orderly vertical silhouette. The captive’s open jacket, patterned shirt and damaged-looking trouser area create a more irregular surface.

The rope crosses the upper body prominently. Keep that area visible when photographing the pair, because it explains the relationship between the figures.

WS142 broadens the cavalry collection into detention and occupation. Its place in the catalog depends on preserving that difficult context alongside the quality and specificity of the miniature composition.

Release record and collecting notes

Sager’s archived WS142 product record lists a release date of April 2010 and a retirement date of January 2012. 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.