10080 British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, 1944-45 First Legion-Stalingrad Germans The Grenadier in the Morier

The Grenadier in the Morier painting wears a dark green government pattern kilt with a red over stripe

Created for our Battle of Normandy range

wore reversed colors to set them apart from the regular soldiers

It remained with most armies until the widespread use of gunpowder weapons in the 16th century

A wounded “Tommy” and his equally injured German prisoner make their painful way towards a Casualty Clearing Station

10080 British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, 1944-45 First Legion-Stalingrad Germans The Grenadier in the MorierDuring WWI Montgomery saw action at the First Battle of Ypres, Battle of Arras, and the Battle of Passchendaele. At Ypres he was shot through the lung by a sniper. In WWII, he commanded the British 8th Army and lead them to victories at 2nd El Alamein and Tunisia. Although he had impressive victories in North Africa and Sicily, Monty was thought by many (especially in the U. S. Service) as cavalier and audacious. This was born out by his disastrous