BRITAINS SOLDIERS WW1 23119 - U.S Infantry Doughboy Resting on Rifle Figure

Name: BRITAINS SOLDIERS WW1 23119 - U.S Infantry Doughboy Resting on Rifle Figure
Brand: Britains

Britains

A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION!!!\n\nFOR COLLECTORS OF 14 YEARS +, THIS IS A DETAILED SCALE MODEL PRODUCED BY WILLIAM BRITAINS (FAMOUS FOR YEARS OF PRODUCING METAL \""TOY\"" SOLDIERS).BRITAINS SOLDIERS WW1 23119 - U.S Infantry Doughboy Resting on Rifle Figure\nThough there are many origin stories for the World War One soldiers\u2019 nickname of \u201CDoughboy\u201D there is one with strong historic support. Likely, the name attached early to the Americans from U.S. military operations on the Mexican border in 1916 when Pershing\u2019s Expeditionary Force traveled south of the border to fight rebel Pancho Villa. Observers noticed U.S. infantry forces were constantly covered with chalky dust from marching through the dry terrain of northern Mexico giving the men the appearance of the mud bricks of the area known as adobe with \u201Cadobe\u201D transformed to \u2018dobies\u2019 and then further into \u201Cdoughboy.\u201D Within a few mon;