The white silk color the ensign carries was the flag of the Bourbon monarchy itself, its field strewn with the golden fleur-de-lis of the French crown. To follow that color was to fight for a sovereignty that stretched, on paper, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi — held in reality by only a few thousand marines and militia. On 8 July 1758 those colors flew over the log breastworks at Fort Carillon, where Montcalm's outnumbered defenders, Compagnies Franches among them, broke wave after wave of British and provincial attackers in one of New France's last great victories.

W. Britain poses the ensign at the salute, the great white color raised on its staff — a natural centerpiece for the cluster. He wears the white Compagnies Franches coat with blue cuffs and waistcoat, white breeches and gaiters, and the laced tricorne, a sword at his hip. Around the colors form a color party and firing line: the Compagnies Franches Officer at the front, the marine making ready in the ranks, and the drummer beating the assembly.

W. Britain model 47040. 54mm scale, gloss-finished metal. Single figure with flag on a plain rectangular base. Supplied in a window box.