The Metal Toy Soldiers of Wm. Hocker, Proprietor


Quite separate from the regular British Army, the Indian Army of the late 19th Century, Indian troops under the command of British officers, consists of separate forces corresponding to British administrative areas of the sub-continent. The Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay each have armies, there is a Punjab Frontier Force and several regiments, including the large Hyderabad Contingent, serve directly under the Government of India. The armies are supplemented by the Royal Artillery. More experienced than British Regulars (and perhaps considered more expendable), Indian regiments, in particular the Bengal and Punjab Forces (see the North-West Frontier Campaigns), are often the most relied upon troops in many Victorian campaigns.

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Stock
2Kohat Camel Battery
13 pieces
$260
5Royal Artillery Elephant Battery
14 pieces
$430
6Royal Artillery Bullock Draught
34 pieces
$560
8Queens Own Corps of Guides
13 pieces
$320
913th Bengal Lancers
9 pieces
$170
1945th Rattray's Sikhs
8 pieces
$160
20Governor General's Bodyguard
5 pieces
$160
21Prince of Wales Own Gurkhas
8 pieces
$160
225th Bombay Cavalry
5 pieces
$160
23Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
16 pieces
$320$288
241st Madras Lancers
5 pieces
$160$144
25Queen's Own Madras Sappers & Miners
9 pieces
$170$153
26Artillery of the Hyderabad Contingent
14 pieces
$350
27Islamic Indian Building Blocks
70 pieces
NA
28Peshawar Mountain Battery
15 pieces
$320
55Punjab Irregular Force Infantry
8 pieces
$140$126
562nd Punjab Cavalry
5 pieces
$160
593rd Bengal Light Cavalry
5 pieces
$160$144
62Pipers of the 1st Sikhs
8 pieces
$160$144
64Band of the 7th Rajputs
16 pieces
$320
65Band of the 11th Bengal Lancers
10 pieces
$320
124Bombay Sappers&Miners Telegraph Section
11 pieces
$180
12523rd Bengal Native Infantry (Punjab Pioneers)
9 pieces
$170
1346th Punjab Infantry
8 pieces
$160$144
137Band of the 1st Bombay Grenadiers
8 pieces
$160
1473rd Bengal Cavalry
5 pieces
$160$144
25915th Ludihana Sikhs
8 pieces
$160

Since 1983