{"product_id":"soe042","title":"SOE042 - S.B.C. Dismounted Sowar w\/Lance | King \u0026 Country","description":"\u003ch3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSOE042 – S.B.C. Dismounted Sowar w\/Lance | King \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSOE042 “S.B.C. Dismounted Sowar w\/Lance”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e portrays a trooper of Sam Browne’s Cavalry standing smartly at attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe soldier holds his cavalry lance by his right side, complete with its distinctive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ered-and-white swallow-tail pennant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, while his curved Indian Army cavalry sabre rests at his left hip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSowar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a mounted cavalry trooper, and men of this rank formed the main fighting body of the Indian cavalry regiments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough shown dismounted here, the lance and sabre immediately identify the figure with the proud mounted traditions of the regiment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSam Browne’s Cavalry had been raised in the Punjab in 1849 and served through decades of conflict and frontier policing before being officially renamed in honour of its famous founder in 1904.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKing \u0026amp; Country depicts these soldiers as they would have appeared on parade before the First World War, when the Indian cavalry combined military professionalism with some of the most colourful uniforms and traditions found anywhere within the British Empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSOE042 is an excellent figure for creating a guard, parade or regimental gathering alongside both the mounted and dismounted figures in the Sam Browne’s Cavalry series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill be available from The Military Workshop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King \u0026 Country","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52989078536474,"sku":"SOE042","price":78.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0154\/0890\/files\/SOE042_1.jpg?v=1790932217","url":"https:\/\/themilitaryworkshop.com\/products\/soe042","provider":"The Military Workshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}