NA436 The Temporary Regimental Standard Bearer K&C Crusaders & Saracens Many Japanese officers preferred to

Many Japanese officers preferred to dispatch their enemies with their Samurai sword rather than use their side arm

to design and produce a brand-new one

led a number of assaults on enemy bunkers and defences often exposing himself to direct enemy fire

Our K&C interpretation portrays a veteran knight of The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem

As the end of his Third Reich grew ever closer Hitler determined not to be taken alive and was given a cyanide pill

NA436 The Temporary Regimental Standard Bearer K&C Crusaders & Saracens Many Japanese officers preferred toIn battle and other times the Regimental Colours were usually held by a junior subaltern. In battle, standard bearers were often prime targets for enemy snipers and riflemen and suffered accordingly. Here, a lowly corporal holds the Regimental standard after the young officer was killed He is also seen firing one of the officers pistols.