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3rd self-produced figurine by Piersergio ALLEVI, always so beautiful!
COLONEL GAETANO BATTAGLIA
Italian Royal Honor Guards.
Russian Campaign 1812
Limited edition of 150 copies as usual, cast by PEGASO
Kit with two heads, one with a helmet, the other with a cap.
Sculptor: Pier Sergio Allevi
Box art: Danilo Cartacci
Gaetano Battaglia, born in Milan, began his military career at a very young age, attending the Military Academy of Modena, then went to France with the advent of Napoleon to enlist in the Grand Army. With the rank of captain, he entered the division commanded by General Teodoro Lechi with whom he remained from 1805 to 1810, when he was appointed captain of the guard of honor of the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais, as well as his squire and receives the title of count given by Napoleon. As captain of the guards of honor, he obtained the command of the body of the old French guard with the rank of colonel during the disastrous campaign of Russia where he died himself in November 1812 in Smolensk.
He had two sons, Achille and Alfonso, the first of whom was a valiant fighter of the Italian Risorgimento uprisings.
For order or information contact :
https://www.facebook.com/piersergio.allevi
COLONEL GAETANO BATTAGLIA
Italian Royal Honor Guards.
Russian Campaign 1812
Limited edition of 150 copies as usual, cast by PEGASO
Kit with two heads, one with a helmet, the other with a cap.
Sculptor: Pier Sergio Allevi
Box art: Danilo Cartacci
Gaetano Battaglia, born in Milan, began his military career at a very young age, attending the Military Academy of Modena, then went to France with the advent of Napoleon to enlist in the Grand Army. With the rank of captain, he entered the division commanded by General Teodoro Lechi with whom he remained from 1805 to 1810, when he was appointed captain of the guard of honor of the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais, as well as his squire and receives the title of count given by Napoleon. As captain of the guards of honor, he obtained the command of the body of the old French guard with the rank of colonel during the disastrous campaign of Russia where he died himself in November 1812 in Smolensk.
He had two sons, Achille and Alfonso, the first of whom was a valiant fighter of the Italian Risorgimento uprisings.
For order or information contact :
https://www.facebook.com/piersergio.allevi
