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NAP-17 - Polish Rifleman 8th IR

ref. EK Castings Zinnfigur NAP-17

EK Castings NAP17 - Rifleman 8th Infantry Regiment - Poland, 1808-10 - 
 
Grand Duchy of Warsaw: 8th Line Infantry Regiment, Voltigeur Private, 1812.
 
Sources:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armia_Ksi%C4%99stwa_Warszawskiego
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Pu%C5%82k_Piechoty_(Ksi%C4%99stwo_Warszawskie)
http://www.diorama.ru/gallery/figures/5344/
 
The czapka, the national headgear of Poland, is the most striking feature of this uniform; it is interesting to note that this shape, in modified form, is still to be traced today in polish army.