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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Scale: 28mm
Material: Metal
Sculptor: Alan Marsh

Did you know that in WW2, Audrey aided the Dutch Resistance? Only a girl of 11 when the Germans invaded the Netherlands, she saw first-hand some of the atrocities and did what she could to help fight them. Dancing was her passion, and she would dance at “black evenings”, secret underground fundraisers where the windows were blacked out and audience silence was required. There is something rather poetic about dancing for peace.

“Mum was more than a steel-butterfly; she was a battle-hardened badass.”
– Luca Dotti, Hepburn’s son

She also got involved in more resistance activities, such as carrying messages and supplies around the underground network as well as to allied pilots who had been shot down. Most wargamers will be familiar with the Battle of Arnhem; did you know a young Audrey Hepburn was there? She rescued and brought home an English paratrooper, a crime with severe consequences if caught – which, luckily, they were not.

Much like the S.O.E, Audrey’s bonus power with the resistance was her natural camouflage of being a girl. In the early days of the French Resistance (less so later in the war), the women were overlooked as any sort of threat, which meant they could operate in plain sight. Noor Inayat Khan, for example, was caught right in the act of sending a message back to the UK by an SS Officer and winged it by saying she was just trying to listen to some jazz. Small Audrey could also be seen as neither threatening nor suspicious, as “just a kid” mucking about, and this saved her life on many occasions.

Later Years
We all know that Audrey Hepburn became a major international movie star, a massive achievement in its own right. Still, I wanted to make sure more people were aware of what she did afterwards, when she retired from the screen relatively early to pursue humanitarian work. She worked with UNICEF worldwide in over 20 countries to bring attention to the various plights, earning a series of awards for her relentless efforts.

Read the rest of the research and design here.

The pack consists of one single piece miniature. Supplied unpainted, shown painted by John Morris

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SKU: BSG CMP009