AMC creation - make-to-order (allow 60-day delivery - shiment from France)
Add a piece of history to your collection with our Make-to-order Mameluke - Russia Retreat diorama, meticulously crafted at a 54mm scale.
This compelling scene captures a Mameluke on horseback, draped in a warm overcoat, facing the harshest winter of the Russia Campaign.
Each figure is painted by an expert artist collector who has a deep passion for the 1st Empire and Napoleonic Era miniatures, ensuring intricate detailing on both the character and the horse.
This diorama brings a vivid, lifelike moment of a terrible retreat to your display, resonating with history enthusiasts and collectors alike.
Available exclusively at AMC, your trusted source for high-quality arts and crafts supplies.
MAMELUKE - RUSSIA RETREAT - 54mm
- 54 mm scale, painted with high quality oil paints - museum-quality
including: - the figure, the horse
- Vignette plastic material figure and horse
- Wooden base
- 54 mm scale, painted with high quality oil paints - museum-quality
The Mamelukes of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard were a striking and exotic cavalry unit, originally composed of warriors from Egypt and the Levant who had joined the French during the Egyptian campaign. By the time of the 1812 invasion of Russia, they were a small but elite part of the mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard, known for their flamboyant uniforms and fierce combat style.
During the Russian retreat, the Mamelukes, like the rest of the Grande Armée, faced unimaginable hardship. The brutal winter, starvation, disease, and constant harassment by Russian forces decimated Napoleon’s troops. While there’s little specific documentation on the Mamelukes’ individual survival strategies, we know they endured the same horrors: freezing temperatures, lack of supplies, and the collapse of military cohesion. Their traditional light cavalry role and distinctive gear were ill-suited to the icy wastelands of Russia, and many perished during the retreat.
Yet some did survive. A few Mamelukes made it back to France and continued to serve. After Napoleon’s first abdication in 1814, some even followed him to Elba.
