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Friday, March 15, 2024

And then there were none… 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹⚔️⚔️⚔️🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Ethiopian War soldiers produced by Elastolin in 1936 (20/12, 20/65). The Second Italo-Ethiopian War,the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

French Citroen Autochenille P17 Army Halftrack 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🛺🛺🛺🏜️🏜️🏜️🗻🗻🗻🏔️🏔️🏔️

Citroen Autochenille P17 (Army Halftrack) was used as artillery tractors by the French Army from 1928-1940. This modern diecast 1/24 model from Altaya matches well with old Elastolin composition soldiers from 30s. P17s participated in the Yellow Cruise from April 4, 1931 to February 12, 1932, also known as the "Central Asia mission".It was one of the car raids organised by André Citroën to link Beirut with Beijing.



Saturday, March 2, 2024

Elastolin German officer on galloping horse and trumpeter

The German cavalry oficcer on galopping horse, with raised sword (0/442, 442) was produced by Elastolin from 1934 to 1940, and the Prussian trumpeter (0/42, 0/47/30) produced from 1935 to 1936.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Vintage set of WW1 Russian Army paper soldiers 💥💥💥⚔️⚔️⚔️

This Russian Army ("Das Russische Heer" Carton Nr. 3) set of 8.5 cm WW1 embossed cardboard soldiers was produced between 1912 to 1917. It consists of 72 figures. The box has also several advertisement labels of the Pharmacie Principale 5.R. du Marche Geneve. It is highly likely that these paper soldiers were printed in Switzerland or Germany for marketing purposes of this Swiss pharmacy. The Russian Army is represented by 4 types of different units:Leib Grenadiers, Garde Infanterie,Artillerie and Grenzwache. This set is also quite innovative - all soldiers are combined in units of 5 that can be easily set up on the table !