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Wednesday 22 February 2017

El Ejertico en Parada by José María Bueno

I recently had an email from Andy Callan – one of the founder members of Wargame Developments – offering me the complete set of José María Bueno's EL EJERCITO ESPANOL EN PARADA paper soldiers. I gratefully accepted his kind offer, and a couple of days ago the five sets of paper soldiers (all of which are printed in full colour on thick card) arrived in the post.

Set 1
  • Infanteria
  • Tiradores de Ifni-Sahara
  • Mehal-la Jalifiana
  • Bandera de F.E.T. y de las J.O.N.S.
  • Infanteria de Marina
  • Escolta mora de S.E. el Generalissimo
  • Policia Montada de Sevilla
  • Caballeria de las Milicias del Requete
Set 2
  • La Legion
  • Artilleria anticarro de La Legion
  • Bandera de la Falange de Marruecos
  • Battallon del Requete (Tercios del Sur)li>
  • Legion Condor
  • Bandera de Flechas Verdes
  • Escuadron de Lanceros
  • Tabor de Caballeria de Regulares de Melilla
Set 3
  • Artilleria de Montana
  • Artilleria de Montana, Escalon de Municionamiento
  • Primer Tercio del Requete Navarro
  • Grupo de Regulares de Melilla Numero 2
  • Tabor de Caballeria de la Mehal-la
  • Marina
  • Servicio de Trabajo de F.E.T. y de las J.O.N.S.
  • Bandera de Camisas Negras del la Division 'XXIII de Marzo'
Set 4
  • Guardia Civil de Infanteria
  • Guardia Civil de Caballeria
  • Infanteria
  • X Bandera de la Legion
  • Mehal-la Jalifiana Infanteria
  • Bandera de Falange Espanola
  • Compania de 'Bersaglieri' Motorizados
  • Compania de Carros Ligeros del C.T.V.
Set 5
  • Batallon de Esquiadores de la Agupacion ‘Guadarram-Somosierra’
  • Escuadron de Lanceros de Farnesio
  • Seccion de ametralladoras de un escuadron de Caballeria
  • Batallon Expedicionario de Infanteria de Marina
  • Seccion de Sanidad
  • Grupo de Regulares de Laranche Numero 4
  • Bandera de la Falange de Navarra
  • Aviacion Legionaria Italiana
These paper soldiers are an invaluable research tool for anyone who is interested in the Spanish Civil War, and they now occupy pride of place in my collection of books and documents relating to that conflict.

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