Description

3D Papercut Shadowbox based on the album cover for the single, “The Trooper” released in 1983 by Iron Maiden. The illustration done by Derek Riggs is of Trooper Eddie wearing a United Kingdom Military coat of the 19th Century, wielding a spear with a torn Union Jack in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. Written by bassist and founding-member Steve Harris, the song is based on the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava 1854, which took place during the Crimean War, and inspired by Lord Tennyson’s 1854 poem.