35010 "The King’s Shilling" British Recruiting Sergeant and Drummer, 1812-16 K&C Vietnam War along with the Fallschirm-Panzerkorps "Hermann

along with the Fallschirm-Panzerkorps "Hermann Goering"

After actions in Normandy and Holland

either on the Eastern or Western Fronts

formal battles occurred that were often highly ritualized and conducted in ways that limited the casualties

35010 "The King’s Shilling" British Recruiting Sergeant and Drummer, 1812-16 K&C Vietnam War along with the Fallschirm-Panzerkorps "HermannThe expression to take the Kings shilling meant to enlist in the British army. Recruiting parties would wear their smartest uniforms, festooned with colored ribbons, while accompanied with stirring martial music. Recruiting sergeants eagerly attested to the benefits and adventures of wearing the Kings red coat. If visual enticements alone did not work new recruits were often promised a substantial bounty to join (most of which disappeared to pay for