Dragon 1/35 Military - 1/35 28Th Infantry Division (Poland 1939) - D6344

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This figure set depicts soldiers of the German 28th Infantry Division during the September 1939 invasion of Poland, the campaign that opened the Second World War. Unlike the more f amous Panzer divisions, the bulk of the German army that crossed the Polish border was made up of standard infantry formations like the 28th, advancing on foot and by horse-drawn transport in the still largely un-mechanised opening battles of the war. Dragon's sculpting captures the early-war Wehrmacht uniform and equipment pattern precisely: the M1935 helmet, leather Y-straps, gas mask canisters and Kar98k rifles typical of 1939, distinct from the later-war infantry gear seen in most other Dragon figure sets. The poses are composed for a small vignette of infantrymen on the advance or during a rest halt. Figures are moulded with separate weapons and equipment for accurate assembly and painting, and the set is designed to complement Dragon's early-war German armour kits, such as the Panzer I, II and 35(t), for a historically coherent 1939 Polish campaign diorama. Recommended for modellers with an interest in the lesser-modelled opening campaign of WWII who want figures dressed correctly for that specific, early period rather than generic late-war Wehrmacht infantry. Show more