Apart the details of the face can be see the characteristic big red beret with golden ribbon, this hat is for soldiers and NCO´s the officers can wear in withe, wear sandals with leggings and a bag of wine from the belt.
This figure is based in the carlist fighters what paint José Cusachs I Cusachs in his picture “Carlist trenches”, painted in 1866 and can be see in the Governor Palace and Carlism Museum in Estella, Navarra.
The “requete” was the military organization of the Carlism, followers of the challenger to throne of Spain the prince Carlos de Borbón, in the beginnings of the XIX century.
The older denomination how “requeté” comes from Third Battalion of Navarre Volunteers named of the requeté in 1835. Along the First Carlist War (1831-37) his valour in combat does what his name were associated to all carlist fighters.
- Presentación: in luxury quilted case
- Pintura: artisanally painted by water resistent paints
- Peso total: 1.422 grs
- Peana: brown, ultraviolet barnished, high bright
- Nº de piezas: 13
- Leyenda peana: "Voluntario Navarro 1873"
- Medidas peana (mm): 60X60X42
- Altura total (con peana): 23 cm
