Frankish Infantryman with Axe

This is the Frankish Infantryman with Axe that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 196.

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 is taken from illustration 96 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. 

The base is numbered PB 196 on the upper surface in the usual manner.

The pose is a little odd for a model intended to fight in a massed unit and appears to have been inspired from the illustration in the AEIR book. The interpretation of the hairstyle is equally strange and does nothing for the poor chap.