My great nephew, wife and baby son are Army and have just returned from 5 years in England and Germany. Tomorrow will be my first time meeting Ben who was born in the UK. I made him an early birthday cake but what is funny is I found a Big Ben clock face that shows almost one O'Clock and Ben is almost one. He won't be in California for his birthday in September so decided to do it now. The Royal wind up guard is made of gumpaste and dressed in fondant. I believe Ben has dual citizenship so the ribbon around the base has the U.S. flag on it.