Elastolin - Musik im Marsch 🎼🎵🥁🎺🎷🪈🥁

The Ww2 German Army (Heer) was represented by Elastolin parade ground composition figures that included marching and standing musicians. Elastolin also produced musicians mounted on horses.The series of Elastolin Heer musicians included also quite intersting figures: the Soldier marching with large jingling johnny ("Schellenbaum") (0/47/28) and the Bass drummer marching with drum wagon pulled by a dog ("Königsberger Paukenhund")(0/47/21).There is also an interesting figure of the Mounted Kettle drummer (0/445/32).

Kaufhof department store Christmas catalogue 1935

Kaufhof department store Christmas catalogue of 1935 informed parents of the store’s “Great selection of fortresses and military toys: everything a child’s heart desires” and shows the way in which these kinds of toys were promoted around the holidays. Source: Department Store Christmas Catalog Advertisement (1935), published in: German History in Documents and Images, [September 05, 2024].

Hausser Elastolin Feldwagen 750/2 ½

This Wehrmacht Feldwagen 750/2 ½ with rubber wheels was manafactured by Hausser(Elastolin) from 1937 to 1939. The wagon has a spare wheel and equipped by two horses.

Dutch cavalry soldiers from Duro (Austria)🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🐎🐎🐎🏇🏇🏇

In 30s Hausser(Elastolin) established branches in Vienna and Brno under the "Duro" brand. These composition Dutch cavalrymen were issued by Duro Austria.

GAZ-67 and PGH-Effelder NVA soldiers

The GAZ-67 and the GAZ-67B (from January 1944) were general-purpose four-wheel drive Soviet military vehicles built by GAZ starting in 1943. By the end of the war, it was the Soviet equivalent of the World War II jeep. PGH Effelder (DDR) composition NVA soldiers from 50s/60s and a modern wooden model of GAZ-67(China).