New Official Dixon Miniatures Wargame Flags from Battle Flag

At Battle Flag we are extremely proud to have been chosen to produce the official range of wargame flags for Dixon Miniatures superb range of 25mm figures.

Scaled for a perfect fit for Dixon Miniatures and printed using archival quality inks and papers each of the new plates in the Dixon Miniatures specific range of wargame flags from Battle Flag carries the Dixon logo.

Priced at just £6.50 for the Confederate plates and £8.00 for the Union the flags offer the wargamer and collector of Dixon Miniatures superlative quality and value for money.

The first range to receive their colours is Trevor’s magnificent ACW range of 25mm wargame miniatures. The ACW flags are available now from both Battle Flag and Dixon Miniatures online web stores and from the Dixon Miniatures stand at major UK wargame shows and conventions.

Trevor will have the new wargame flag plates for sale from the Dixon Miniature’s stand at the DERBY WORLD WARGAMES 2012 at Castle Donington.

6th & 7th October 2012 

Castle Donington International Exhibition Centre 

 Castle Donington 

Derby 

 DE74 2RP 

Battle Flag 

Raising the Standard

Battle Flags of the Texas War of Independence.

The latest release of 28mm and 25mm wargame and model flags from Battle Flag sees the flags of the volunteers of the Texas War of Independence. Covering the main period of the war 1835-1836 as well as James Long’s earlier expeditions in 1821 the plates include the flags carried at the main battles of the Texas Revolution and of course that flown at the Alamo.

Battle Flag’s flags of the Texan War of Independence have been properly researched. The Latin stanzas are correct and I have avoided fictitious flags like the supposed flag of Lorenzo de Zavala.

The Blue Flag with the Lone Star with the name of Texas surrounding it, accredited as the de Zavala flag, was in fact first published in a book entitled "The Romantic Flags of Texas" by Mamie Wynne Cox in 1931. Cox conveniently ignored the journal entries that discuss the addition of a rainbow and stars to de Zavala's unknown design.

Battle Flag's flag plates are properly researched and printed on quality paper using archival quality inks to ensure lasting value. For more flags and details of our other ranges click www.battle-flag.com

The Standard of the 1st Texas Infantry From Battle Flag.

The first Confederate promo figure is now finished. As is now becoming the norm with Battle Flag ACW promo pics the figure is from the excellent Perry Miniatures 28mm range.

Representing a standard bearer of the 1st Texas Infantry charging with the colours. Known as the Wigfall it was made by Lula Wigfall, daughter of the regiment's first colonel, Louis T. Wigfall, and was presented to the 1st Texas in the summer of 1861.

As the battle honors attest, the 1st Texas fought under this flag throughout the Peninsula Campaign. The Texans carried it through the battle of Second Manassas in August 1862 and on into Maryland during Lee's first invasion of the North.

At the Battle of Antietam, in Miller's cornfield  the 1st Texas suffered 82.3 percent casualties, being the highest number of killed and wounded suffered by any single unit North or South in a single action during the entire war. During the battle no less than nine men fell carrying this flag. When the ninth standard bearer was killed, the flag was lost. It was picked up from among the Texas dead by a Union soldier. 

The "Wigfall" standard from Battle Flag is from the Hoods Texas Brigade set. The set comes as a plate sheet  and contains no less than 11 standards. The battle flags and standards for 1st Texas, 4th Texas, 5th Texas , 18th Georgia, 3rd Arhansas, Hamptons Legion are all beautifully represented and are a superb addition to anyone who wargames or collects Hood's Texas Brigade. The set is available as a plate in 15mm, 25/28mm and as a two plate set in 54mm from Battle-Flag.com.