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 !

Wenn die Soldaten durch die Stadt marschieren … 🥁🎺🎶

Elastolin German soldiers marching in goose step with rifle on shoulder (0/13/12). These composition soldiers were produced from 1931 to 1935.

Kienel composition soldiers from Thuringia 🍂🍃🍂🍃

Georg Phil. Kienel founded his toy soldier production company in Steinach(Thuringia ,Germany).Kienel produced good quality 70 mm unmarked composition figures in 1930s. These figures are well known to collectors.

Alpini Mule Train - Di Qui Non Si Passa! 🫏🫏🫏🗻🗻🗻🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Italy fielded six alpine divisions during World War II.Each division had almost 5,000 mules at its disposal. These Alpini caravan soldiers (composition material 8 cm) with pack-mules were produced by Confalonieri Chialu in 38/40 (Milan, Italy).

Elastolin Deutschen Heer

Elastolin 70 mm German marching flag bearers(51N) and officers marching with raised swords(2) from 1939-40.

Elastolin cavalry soldier with a movable arm 🐎🐎🐴🏇🎠🗡️⚔️

One of the interesting Elastolin Wehrmacht cavalry soldier composition figures produced in 1939-42. This soldier (441) has a movable arm holding a raised sword.

My favourite books about toy soldiers 🙂

My small toy soldier collecting library.My favourite books ! What are your favourite toy soldier collecting books ?