Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure appears to have been taken from illustration 16 in the first edition of AEIR.
The code numbers for the AEIR range correspond to the illustrations in the book plus '100', i.e. illustration 1 is figure 101, and so on.
The base is stamped PB 116 on the upper surface in the usual manner.
The model comes with open hands - the upper hand is a ring arrangement as you can see on the photos. Six different separate standards were available - this one is an Imago (116a)
116a Imago - carried by 1st Legionary Cohort and Auxiliary Cohorts.
116b Praetorian Standard
116c Signum - typical legionary type standard
116d Vexillum - for a mounted unit - don't know what we were supposed to do with this one!
116e Vexillum - for a legionary detachment
116f Eagle - one carried by each Legion
All standards cost 3p each in 1972.
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