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WW1 Russian 8.5 cm infantry produced by Lineol 💥💥💥

Lineol (Germany) produced its 9 cm(8.5 cm) series of composition soldiers from c.1910 to 1932. Trenches from Hausser/Elastolin.

Visiting Northern Ireland War Memorial museum 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

The Northern Ireland War Memorial museum was established to provide an enduring memorial for the men and women of Northern Ireland who died in the two World Wars, and to commemorate the American presence in Northern Ireland during the Second World War.

Elastolin WW2 German signalers (Nachrichtentruppe) 📞📞📞

Two German signalers are testing line with a field telephone (Elastolin, Germany 1933 - 1940).

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French Postcard from 1908.

Tipp & Co. catalog from 1939 🚛🚚🛻💥💥💥⚔️⚔️⚔️

Tippco company was founded in 1912 by Philipp Ullmann in Nuremberg. Tippco was a major German producer of tin military toys in the years leading up to WWII.

 

 Please use the link below to access the TippCo catalog 1939 (48 pages): 

WW1 William Britains Machine Gun Section Set #198 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Wartime games for childrenoften reflected the tiemes in which they lived. The machine gun section of tin soldiers was made by well-known toy soldier makers William Britains of London.The Ulster Museum (Belfast, Northern Ireland) 

🇧🇬⚔️🇷🇺 WW1 Bulgarian and Russian 8.5 cm infantry produced by Lineol

Lineol (Germany) produced its 9 cm(8.5 cm) series of composition soldiers from c.1910 to 1932. Unlike in the later figure scales of Lineol figures, in which Russians and Bulgarians are among the rarities, figures of both nations are rather more common in the 9 cm (8.5 cm) series. This certainly depends on the participation of both countries in the World War 1 together, with Russia being one of the important war opponents of Germany, while Bulgaria fought on the side of the Central Powers. The figures of both nations were probably mostly only sold during the war in Germany (1914 - 1918). For the both nations, Lineol consistently used a head with a peaked cap in all scales. The figures can only be distinguished by the colour of the uniforms. Russians have green uniforms throughout, the Bulgarians usually have uniforms in brown tones, which varied slightly over time. The Battle of Dobrich took place between 5 and 7 September 1916 between a joint Bulgarian-German force, consisting mainly of the Bulgarian Third Army, and a Romanian-Russian force, including a Division of Serbian Volunteers serving under the Russian 47th Corps. The battle was part of the Romanian campaign. It ended with a Central Powers victory.

The US army pilots (Nazaire Beeusaert) and JHK 542 plane

Two composition American pilots produced by Nazaire Beeusaert(Belgium) in the end of 40s and the JHK 542 tinplate plane made by Hammerer and Kühlwein (Germany) in 1949.

Sandbox diorama work with Lineol soldiers, 1943 🌉⛏️⛏️🛶🛶

Two students of the Westendschule Eberswalde at their sandbox diorama work with Lineol composition soldiers for the exhibition "Ran an den Sandkasten" of the National Socialist Teachers' Association (Reich Administration,NS-Lehrerbundes Berlin). 16 February 1943. It depicts a river crossing with pontoon bridges and toy tanks. Source: Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo. 

French WW1 postcard - His first sorrow

French WW1 postcard issued in 1916. His first sorrow...Belgian artist Albert Beerts.

Elastolin Pioniere soldiers and Tippco Pioniere lkw from 30s ⛏⚒⛏⚒⛏⚒

Elastolin produced its series of Pioniere [series 662/-] composition soldiers ("combat engineer and construction troops"). The Pioniere tinplate clockwork Lastkraftwagen (181/167) is produced by Tippco (Nurnberg, Germany) in 30s.

Elastolin Eisenbahn Figuren 🚃🛤🚂

Elastolin produced a line of more than 30 civilian figures for use with toy trains (Eisenbahn Figuren). This line included DRB (Deutsche Reichsbahn) workers, station workers, Schupo policemen (Schutzpolizei) and passengers. These figures were produced primarily in 7-cm (Normalgroße) although some were also available in 5-cm (6-cm) and 3-cm sizes. I have some 6 cm Elastolin railway figures.

Children playing with toy soldiers

French postcard : Children playing with toy soldiers.

German soldier sitting with typewriter

Elastolin German soldier sitting at table with a typewriter (1/24)was produced from 1936 to 1939. It's quite difficult to find this composition figure in good condition.(0/550/36/50, 550/36/50).

Italian paratroopers from Giochi Preziosi (Italy) ⛅⛅⛅🪂🪂🪂

Italian Army( Esercito ) paratroopers 1/24 from Giochi Preziosi (Italy).

Italian Army( Esercito ) plastic soldiers

Modern Italian Army plastic soldiers 1/24 from Giochi Preziosi (Italy).