the wiki reads This cherubic wooden figure designed for comic effect is one of the
earliest representations of a Scottish soldier in service with the
British Army. It was one of several that decorated the 'Old Chelsea
Bun-House', a London coffee-house close to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, a
home for discharged soldiers founded in the 1680s. The uniform is that
of the Royal North British Fusiliers, an infantry regiment formed in
1678. The regiment's name reveals its Scottish identity, as does the
figure's thistle cap badge . It is one of three such figures now
displayed in the Scottish National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle.
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