20156 - British 24th Foot Seated Wounded with Hand to Head First Legion- US Infantry Both sides in this conflict

Both sides in this conflict fielded these guns to deadly effect

23116 - "Gas Lads

This commander is starting the “assemble” signal

This standard British infantry bayonet was issued from 1722 through 1840

Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov (1868-1918) was the last Emperor of All Russia and ruled from 1894 until his forced abdication in March 1917 and murder in 1918

20156 - British 24th Foot Seated Wounded with Hand to Head First Legion- US Infantry Both sides in this conflictBritish 24th Foot Seated Wounded with Hand to Head The defense of the mission station at Rorkes Drift resulted in 14 killed outright, 2 mortally wounded, and 8 wounded, but every man engaged received some kind of wound. Following the battle many of the defenders suffered from what is now classified as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The nature of the fierce, close combat fighting they had with the Zulus was the obvious cause. Corporal Schiess