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Royal Green Jackets Museum : ウィキペディア英語版 | Royal Green Jackets Museum
The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum in Winchester, England showcases artefacts from British military history, specifically that of the Royal Green Jackets regiment and its preceding regiments. The spotlight on the Royal Green Jackets (1966) includes the Green Jackets Brigade (1958), the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (1755), The Rifle Brigade, and other military organizations dating back to 1741. The museum houses uniforms, weapons, silver, paintings, medals, battle models and dioramas, including: * the Regiment's Victoria Cross medals, 34 of which are on display * A writing case used by General James Wolfe at Quebec * Clothing worn by the Duke of Wellington * Nine scale models of famous battles, including a Battle of Waterloo diorama made up of 22,000 pieces * The Prisoner of War uniform worn by Sergeant Andy McNab after the Iraqis captured him in 1991. Queen Elizabeth II, the regiment's former commanding officer, opened the museum in 1989. The museum is one of several regimental museums that are allied as part of Winchester's Military Museums. == External links ==
* (The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum website )
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