Author: John Franklin
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Britains Territorials for Coronations
A King George V Coronation 1911 This article has two parts: This first part is an intriguing enigma, the second a straight report. There have been some intriguing, clearly Britains, full dress troops, appearing at auction in recent decades, probably a dozen lots or more since the millenium, with no definitive reported history in the… Read more
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BRITAINS MIDDLESEX REGIMENTS
When Britains started producing toy soldiers about 130 or more years ago, London was administratively, by and large, composed of four quarter sectors being all or parts of English counties, Middlesex to the NW, Surrey to the SW, Kent to the SE and Essex to the NE. In fact, Middlesex as a county had its… Read more
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Book Review
BRITAINS & OTHER INTERESTING TOY SOLDIERSBy John Franklin John Franklin will be familiar to our readers as a frequent contributor to the magazine. Indeed, a number of the chapters in this excellent new book are based on articles John has written for us over the past few years. However, this is mostly new material that… Read more
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BRITAINS 1880 CATALOGUE
1I acquired a copy of Britains 1880 catalogue in a bundle of other toy soldier paper items from an auction, no chance of discussing with the seller if there was any background. I have taken the copied four pages as authentic, with a clear Senior Britains signature similar to that seen on various occasions elsewhere.… Read more