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Timpo knights at Carrickgollogan

Timpo Medieval knights at Carrickgollogan (Shankill, Ireland). These plastic knights were produced in England in 70s.

 

Hausser/Elastolin: Modular wooden trenches

In 30s Hausser/Elastolin produced a wide range of wooden trenches, shelters and bunkers compatible with 7.5 cm Elastolin composition soldiers. The Hausser-Elastolin Catalog 1937-1938 demonstrates around 50 different modules of the Hausser/Elastolin line of defense. The catalog also states that "Almost all parts can be continuously joined together". I photographed a section of Hausser/Elastolin tranches that was found in Switzerland. The composition soldiers are also wearing a pre-war Swiss uniform.

Reisler - plastic toy soldier from Denmark 🇩🇰 (October 1955)

This Reisler catalog from October 1955 contains more than 300 different items including Danish Army, Wild West, Arabic Warriors etc.

The catalog is located here ( 32 pages): 

Elastolin : marching MG 34 (Maschinengewehr 34) crew

In the end of 30s Elastolin produced 4 MG 34 crew marching soldiers. As you can see, the first soldier is carrying a MG 34, the second soldier is carrying spare barrels, the third soldier is carrying a rifle and ammo, and the fourth soldier is carrying a MG34 tripod.

                                           

Ancient Romans from Charbens

My today's trophies - ancient Romans from Charbens. As far as I know these 1/32 soldiers were produced in 60s.

Wiking Wehrmacht Models 1939

These Wiking Wehrmacht Models (Scale 1:200) were presented in this Wiking 1939 catalog.

The full version of the catalog is available here :

Karl Bub Military Toys: Catalog 1935

Karl Bub Spielwarenfabrik Nürnberg Catalog from 1935

The full version of catalog is available here: 

Elastolin (0/60N) : Wehrmacht guard standing in coat with turned up collar

This Elastolin soldier (0/60N) is presented in Elastolin catalogs of 30s as a guard standing in coat with turned up collar. (Wachtposten stehend im Mantel mit hochgeschlagen Kragen).

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D'Artagnan at Cork's streets...

I found this D'Artagnan Schleich made figurine at Cork's streets last August..

Eskader - Airplane Model Catalog (Wiking) 1941

This airplane model catalog was issued by a Swedish company - Eskader in 1941. Eskader was a distributor of German Wiking airplane scale models (Scale : 1/200). The presented model range contains German, French, British, Italian and US military planes of 40s.

The full catalog is located here:

Lineol: Danish and Swiss troops in winter camouflage

The Lineol soldiers in snowsuits are not mentioned in Lineol catalogs. It can therefore be assumed that they were produced during the war (approx. from 1939). These figures are found more often with Danish / Swiss helmets, less often with German helmet (Stahlhelm). The painting is not different. Probably the one variant for export to Switzerland and Denmark used while the German variant was produced for domestic sales and export to Sweden. These "winter" figures are quite rare. And of course, these figures attract counterfeiters to “paint over”. An exact examination is therefore essential !

 

High five: staging friendship - Mussolini meets Hitler

In September 1937, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler met in Germany. Millions of ostensibly enthusiastic Germans welcomed the Duce. Here were the world's first two fascist dictators, purportedly united in solidarity, representing the ‘115 million’ Germans and Italians against the Western powers and Bolshevism. These toy soldiers were produced by Elastolin in 30s. The Adolf Hitler figurine was produced with a porcelain head !

Wertheim catalog: Toys by Wertheim 1937

Wertheim department store toy catalog: Toys by Wertheim 1937 This catalog demonstrates a broad assortment of German military toys from 30s produced by Elastolin, Lineol, Marklin, Tippco and Wiking.

Full catalog is available here (32 pages):