"Can you help me identify this Redcoat?" Topic

I'm starting a playmobil collection and recently bought a two pack with a pirate and a redcoat soldier. Not knowing much of the genre, especially with regards to the British, I can't identify if the soldier is an officer or a regular soldier or where and when this uniform was worn, what regiment, etc. Help would be much appreciated, thanks!

You don't seriously expect a Playmobil figure to be historically accurate do you?

He's got a sword and a cocked hat so assume he's an officer.

I'd go with officer as well.

It is clear from his white plume and black facing that this is an officer of the 1st Trumpton foot. the Regiment was raised in 1715 by LtCol Brian Cant to fight in the plastic wars. The grey moustache and gold trim seem to indicate that this figure represents the good Col Cant himself just before being mortally wounded at the battle of Camberwick Green. The Regiment survives to this day though they mainly cover ceremonial duties at Trumpton fort under Capt Flack.

I'd go with an officer of the 50th, circa their Jamaican posting in 1772.

The white-powdered wig and black facings are an absolute giveaway…

Capt Flack was in charge of the fire brigade, due to the Public Sector Spending Review Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, and Dibble were let go and just Capt Flack and Grub man the once proud station.

Dont get me started on what happened to Captain Snort and Sergeant-Major Grout at Pippin Fort over at Camberwick Green under Options for Change. Lets just say Trumptoshire is no longer able to project military force beyond its borders. A sad time for a once proud nation.

"C'est un homard!" :-)

The moustache and powdered Whig are in the regimental pattern of the Limerick and Kilkenny Yeoman Uisge Beatha Excise Tax Collectors. However the facings are too black. They should be a very dark purple.
So, while I usually vouch for the accuracy of Palymobile uniforms, they do not match the research of Lego.

The sword says officer but the laced coatee says other ranks. The combination of powdered wig, tricorn and lace coatee says to me late 18th or early 19th centuary.

I think his name is Lance, and he seems very comfortable standing so close to that dirty pirate. Lest they be mates?

Would an officer be wearing a sash?

A "fashionable" one would.

But not a warm one – that Jamacian posting – - -

Maybe the gold stripe IS a sash? In that case not British… perhaps he's from a Danish colony?

hehehe, thanks all! On the lookout for more like him. So he's an officer. Need to go get me some regulars then. Got good ones for names from the posts too. These gents will be the start of my little imagi-nation project.

I think most if not all Playmobile Redcoats have swords. It bothered my son enough that he uses the scabbards to hold the detachable bayonets. This fellow's lace has a Napoleonic look about him, but "hey, its Playmobile." You can buy packs of Redcoat infantry that while not perfect have more of a 1770s look about them. They also sell a "general" who has epaulettes. I bought my son the British fortress set that comes with a fine looking officer. My biggest complaint about them is so many of them have mustaches. I saw a blog once of a man who built a giant diorama of an AWI camp using Playmobile and had his own Playmobile war-game rules. I don't know for sure, but I thought British dragoons in the 1750s had real narrow lace in front perhaps?

Here is the guy's site:

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It looks like he does a lot of modifications.

Here is the out of the box set of Redcoats I mentioned:

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