Sundays Napoleonics 💣💥🇫🇷⚔️

10cm composition figures of Waterloo soldiers produced by Durso (Belgium). Some bronze figurines depicting Napoleon produced by unknown makers. The book placed on the background is the Napoleon from Corsica to St. Helena (1900, Hansa-Verlag : Hamburg). The book contains 189 engravings by Meissonnier, David, Vernet, Delaroche, Gerome, Gerard, Gros and Steuben.

Durso : Battle of Waterloo 1815 series 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷💥💥💥💣💣💣

As plastic soldiers entered the toy industry in the 1950's Durso composition figures, which were relatively expensive, fell on hard times. To improve on this difficult business situation Michel Klimov (1905 - 2004) resorted to specialized products such as the Waterloo series. The Waterloo 10 centimeter composition figures were made for souvenir shop(s) at the site of the Battle of Waterloo (June 18,1815) a few miles south of Brussels and depict the uniforms of the various troops involved.

Waterloo soldiers from Durso

In 70s, Durso produced magnificient 10cm composition figures of Waterloo soldiers. These Klimov's figures were made for souvenir shops at the site of the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815)- a few miles south of Brussels and depict the uniforms of the various troops involved. I have seen these figures listed  recently at eBay. https://www.ebay.ie/usr/catherine181582/

Britains Super Toys Models Catalog 1974

Britains Super Toys Models Catalog 1974 contains the following sets of Britains models and soldiers: Motorcycles, Tractors and Dumpers, Farm tractors, Wild Life Animals, Waterloo: Napoleonic wars, Gun models, Knights and Turks, American Civil War, Wild West, Herlald (Made in Hong Kong).

 

The full catalog (24 pages) is available here: 

C.B.G. Mignot Fictional Figures and Tin Soldiers Catalog 1980

C.B.G. Mignot Fictional Figures and Tin Soldiers Catalog 1980. The catalog contains photos of tin soldiers representing the Napoleonic era including French Revolution, the Austerlitz battle, the Waterloo battle,French campaigns in Egypt and Syria and the French invasion of Russia.

 

Please use the link below to see the catalog full version (68 pages):

Belgian toy soldiers at Museum of the Walloon Life (Liege)

Nice Belgian toy soldiers are displayed at Museum of the Walloon Life (Liege, Belgium).
These 10 centimetre figures were made by Durso in 70s  for the souvenir shops at the side of the Battle of Waterloo - a few miles south of Brussels.

Britiains toy catalog 1979

Britiains toy catalog 1979 (UK).

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Britains' toy catalogue/brochure 1976 (pdf)

Britains' toy catalogue/brochure 1976 in pdf. The catalog contains images of the famous Britains Deetail toy soldier series. Figures were generally produced in six different standing poses and represented various historical periods from medieval to the modern era including:

• Knights and Turks
• Waterloo
• American Wild West - Cowboys and Indians, 7th Cavalry
• American Civil War
• African Desert - French Foreign Legion and Arab warriors
• Military - WW2 British, American, German, Japanese.
• Space

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