Fine figures in toy soldier style produced by

The Red Box Toy Soldier Company


The Restoration - representative figures

 

When Charles II returned to assume the crown, he brought with him his own 'life guard' of soldiers, both foot and horse, from his period in exile

A Dutch drawing (below) shows him embarking to return to England from Scheveningen, and the troops shown here are still wearing a short cassock and buff coat with hanging sleeves and a 'pot' helmet

It is not known if this style of clothing represents his own troops or whether they were a Dutch escort (the accompanying flags at right may suggest the Dutch tricolour), but it is indicative of the style still evident on the Continent in some armies

 

 

The figure of the officer observing the troops (bottom right) is 'usual' for this period and later (in evidence at Tangier), and the back view of the drummer shows the longer cassock coming into use

The figures of the pikeman and footsoldier are as described and drawn by Charles Stadden in the Almark publication on the Coldstream Guards

Bowling (among others) has offered these clothing styles as the 'uniform' for the King's Life Guard, but certainly the clothing worn by the officers in general is reflected here, though the colours were not regulated (the coat could be red, blue or grey (for example sketches made of the garrison in Tangier)






Officer in red coat 1660 officer 1660


Representative figures for the figures accompanying Charles II on his return

 

To see figures which illustrate this period, please click the button for the period you require

 

'Uniforms' 1640 - 1655

The Restoration

Uniforms 1655 - 1684

Back to The Army, new modell'd


Phase 1 - The First 'British' Army

Phase 2 - The Civil Wars, Commonwealth, Protectorate and Restoration


Phase 3 - The Army of James II


Phase 4 - The Williamite Army and the Army of Queen Anne