Lawrence takes the surrender of a Turkish soldier, Lawrence of Arabia, WWI--two figures--RETIRED--LAST ONE!!
$125.00

Thomas Gunn Miniatures Retired Collection

Item Number: LOA001A

Lawrence of Arabia

The British war in the Middle East seems to have been largely ignored by 1/30th manufacturers and I was keen to address this forgotten war! Starting off the range is a British icon who in some ways sums up the typical eccentric British academic of the period drafted into the army – T.E Lawrence! Of course Lawrence was a very unique character in a lot of ways not so typical of the English officer class! In this beautifully crafted diorama, Lawrence takes the surrender of a Turkish soldier in the A version and a German officer in the B version.

Thomas Gunn based this scene on the battle of Tafas where in the 1962 film Lawrence shouts ‘No prisoners’ as his Arab troops move forward to attack a retreating Turkish column. The Turkish force had recently butchered the inhabitants of Tafas and were beating a hasty retreat before the Arabs arrived. The only Axis troops to escape the following battle were 3 cars containing German/Austrian machine gunners. All the other German and Turkish combatants were massacred including 250 troops who surrendered but to no avail and who were put to the sword by the Arabs.

Limited to 200 pieces in the A version this is surely bound to be a classic piece highly desired by collectors in the future.

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LAST ONE!!