This tin knight (H:12 cm) with movable arms and visor was probably produced by Haselbach around 1860/80.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Haselbach’s tin figures
J.C. Haselbach of Berlin (1848–1900) was a plrolific maker of 40-50 mm tin figures. He entrusted the engraver Wildt from 1848–55 with the care of a large number of his moulds, reputedly between 5,000 and 6,000. Of particular appeal was the parade of Frederick the Great, displaying the most popular units of that army. He also made European soldiers, Thirty Years’ War and the Crusades, battles in India and Mexico, the Battle of Woerth-sur-Sauer (Franco-Prussian War) and the Crimean War.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Lineol artillery - Swiss army
In 30s, Lineol produced end exported a lot of composition soldiers of foreign armies. This artillery crew set was produced for the Swiss market.
The tinplate haubitze is also made by Lineol. Achtung.. Feuer!
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Durso Circus figures πͺ π€‘
After the liberation of Belgium in 1945, the Durso production saw an explosion of both creativity and sales until the 1950s, with some fifty employees producing more than 4,500 figurines per day, icluding a series of circus composition figures.
Monday, January 11, 2021
Playing with Lineol MG Figuren - service of machine-gun π π₯π₯π₯π₯
German machine gun crews on the move through a shattered landscape carrying roll cap operated tinplate machine guns (Lineol 30s).
Sunday, January 10, 2021
16 French Naval officers... π«π·⚔️π
Labels:
attic,
Durso,
eusoldatini,
Fleet,
France,
French Navy,
Naval Force,
navy,
treasure,
WW1,
WW2
Saturday, January 9, 2021
WW2 French army motorised divisions
This sets of paper soldiers "PRO PATRIA" (Edt H Bouquet,Paris) depict WW2 French army motorised divisions of 1939.
Friday, January 8, 2021
Hausser Leichtes Infanterie-Geschutz (0/721)
The 7.5 cm Leichtes Infanterie-Geschutz 18 was an infantry support gun of the German Wehrmacht used during World War II.
Elastolin/Hausser produced this tinplate gun for its 7.5 cm Wehrmacht composition soldiers. The gun is equipped by a storage box for amorced caps (roll caps).
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Lego WW2 Battle for Moscow
Lego stopmotion with Brickarms and Brickmania weapons
Battle for Moscow - The Second World War,
Labels:
artillery,
Brickmania,
eusoldatini,
LEGO,
Moscow,
Red Army,
Stahlhelm,
stopmotion,
Tanks,
USSR,
Wehrmacht,
Winter,
Wold War 2,
WW2
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
WW1 paper soldiers from France - Russian Imperial Army π·πΊ ⚔️
These two sets of double-sided paper soldiers "PRO PATRIA" (Edt H Bouquet,Paris) depict WW1 Russian Imperial Army 1914-1918.
Friday, January 1, 2021
German WW1 postcard - The last blow ..
This German WW1 postcard was designed by Paul Neumann in 1918 (Nurnberg, Germany) and published by Fritz Schneller & Co.
The poster shows an idealized image of a German soldier swinging a large sword. Text: Der letzte Hieb ist die 8. Kriegsanleihe (The last blow is the 8th War Loan).
This Elastolin German officer wearing a gas mask was produced in 30s.
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