{"product_id":"taking-notes-issuing-orders","title":"Taking Notes ... Issuing Orders","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis little scene is the whole machinery of command. Before radio or telegraph, an army was directed entirely by written orders carried on horseback: a staff officer, like the colonel at the table, took down the commander's intentions in ink, and an aide-de-camp — the standing officer, booted and ready — galloped the paper across the battlefield to the general who had to act on it. It was a fragile system. The aide had to survive a ride through shot and smoke, find the right commander in the chaos, and deliver the order intact and in time. Battles were lost when an aide was killed, took a wrong turn, or arrived too late. The men who moved the paper moved the army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe two-figure set is a headquarters vignette — a staff colonel seated at a camp table, quill in hand and dispatches before him, writing out the Emperor's orders, while a hussar aide-de-camp stands ready, booted and spurred, to carry them off. It is built to extend a command diorama. Set it beside \u003ca href=\"\/products\/planning-the-battle\"\u003ePlanning the Battle\u003c\/a\u003e (NA448), the companion scene it was designed to sit near, and ride the mounted \u003ca href=\"\/products\/napoleon-bonaparte-1\"\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte\u003c\/a\u003e up as the source of the orders being written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKing \u0026amp; Country model NA449. 1\/30 scale (approximately 60mm), matte-painted metal. Two-figure set — a seated staff colonel with writing table and a standing aide-de-camp. Boxed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King and Country","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49497621594340,"sku":"NA449","price":119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/7024\/2788\/files\/18216_m.jpg?v=1784916737","url":"https:\/\/breagans.com\/products\/taking-notes-issuing-orders","provider":"Breagans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}