7e Division d'Infanterie Nord-Africaine

Al's recent post on his 1940 Morrocan infantry prompted me to dig out these veterans for a photo shoot.  Unlike industrious Al who is fiddling around with head swops and the like, I simply drafted these (metal) figures in from the old Hotspur Spanish Civil War range.  These began life in the late 1980s as (Spanish)Morrocans with either turbans or fez.  Adding a few figures from the 1990s FAA French range gave me enough to man a whole division.

The three infantry regiments.

For the divisional cavalry squadrons I used Raventhorpe Spahis.  These are lovely figures which fit in well with the infantry.

Le General is another Raventhorpe cavalryman in a proper French kepi.  He is accompanied by a Hotspur standard bearer.  It is a sad indictment of the French supply services that his tricolore has not yet been delivered...

 

The division's artillery is represented by this rather dodgy model.  It may look more 18pdr than 75mm but it was cheap (£1).  I replace the original rubber-tyred wheels with spoked items.  The crew are basically the left-over figures I had from building the infantry regiments.  It is drawn by a pair of Irregular Miniatures horses hitched to an old Airfix ACW limber.

The assembled division.  Definitely one of my more charismatic French divisions.