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GA024 - The Deadly Shovel | King & Country
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GA024 - The Deadly Shovel | King & Country
The Deadly Shovel brings a distinctive subject to King & Country’s Gallipoli 1915 collection, making it useful for both individual presentation and a wider scene.
The wider setting is the Allied campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. The Gallipoli campaign placed troops in difficult terrain under constant pressure. Beach landings, improvised defences and the endurance of Australian and other Allied forces form the heart of many displays.
The Deadly Shovel contributes a distinct named character, object or action to the range. Its individual role becomes most meaningful when the neighbouring pieces help explain what is happening in the scene.
The subject adds an individual point of interest to its historical or fictional setting. A carefully placed character gives the viewer someone through whom to imagine the wider story.
Consider setting the piece in an ANZAC beach landing, hillside trench or shoreline. A coherent background is often the difference between an attractive miniature and a memorable historical vignette.
It can be presented independently as a portrait or integrated with related figures. A simple and consistent setting often makes the character more compelling than a crowded background.
Collectors can build outward from this piece with ANZACs, Royal Navy sailors and Gallipoli accessories, letting each addition contribute a different aspect of the setting.
The piece also invites an appreciation of the determination and hardship of the Gallipoli campaign. It is a useful reminder that a historical scene can be told through an individual detail.
It is equally suitable as a stand-alone subject or as one part of a carefully arranged story from the same range.
Now available from The Military Workshop.
Brand: King & Country
