Panzercommander HOH
Battalion Commander
ORANGE IS THE COLOR OF THE DAY
75 Years Ago Today - September 17th, 1944
"Flying into Holland we were above the Guards British Armored Division. Stretched out for miles were large and medium tanks with their supporting paraphernalia strung out behind. Looking ahead, I could see the orange panels atop them. This is to be our signal of the British forward line. All beyond that orange line is the enemy. Orange was the color of the day. It's Holland's national color. It was the color of the luminous panels atop Allied vehicles. It was the color of the smoke and panels set up by our pathfinders. It was the color of our friendly troop recognition scarves."
- First Lieutenant Henry Barnes, 326th Airborne Medical Company, 101st Airborne Division
Excerpted from Orange Is The Color Of The Day by Peter Hendrikx and Michel De Trez
Briefly commemorating the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, I've kitbashed a 101st Airborne first lieutenant and a Dutch resistance fighter. The photos were taken at the Sixth Scale Collectors Club's September 2019 meeting as they were my show and tell for the month. Also pictured are my references used in working on these figures. Special thanks to Bob in The Netherlands for assistance on all things Dutch for this project and to Josh (JOSH51st) for his assistance, encouragement on this and many other projects as well as his friendship.
Thanks guys!
75 Years Ago Today - September 17th, 1944
"Flying into Holland we were above the Guards British Armored Division. Stretched out for miles were large and medium tanks with their supporting paraphernalia strung out behind. Looking ahead, I could see the orange panels atop them. This is to be our signal of the British forward line. All beyond that orange line is the enemy. Orange was the color of the day. It's Holland's national color. It was the color of the luminous panels atop Allied vehicles. It was the color of the smoke and panels set up by our pathfinders. It was the color of our friendly troop recognition scarves."
- First Lieutenant Henry Barnes, 326th Airborne Medical Company, 101st Airborne Division
Excerpted from Orange Is The Color Of The Day by Peter Hendrikx and Michel De Trez
Briefly commemorating the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, I've kitbashed a 101st Airborne first lieutenant and a Dutch resistance fighter. The photos were taken at the Sixth Scale Collectors Club's September 2019 meeting as they were my show and tell for the month. Also pictured are my references used in working on these figures. Special thanks to Bob in The Netherlands for assistance on all things Dutch for this project and to Josh (JOSH51st) for his assistance, encouragement on this and many other projects as well as his friendship.
Thanks guys!