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Introduction Living in rural Southeast Wisconsin near to Lake Michigan, opportunities to research toy soldiers without using the internet are far and few between. Small towns in Wisconsin are often proud of any local news and the downtown barber shop in Port Washington WI can be the hub of gossip. Recently, visiting my barber, another… Read more

Introduction It has been my great privilege to have played in bands for over 55 years. I have traveled across Canada a few times, throughout the United States and most countries of Europe, as well as New Zealand and Australia. For a few years I was also a bandmaster. I was fortunate to be a… Read more

This article presents an array of questions (with answers provided on pages 60-61) that should be fun for collectors of Britains to ponder. For more photographs, and to research the answers to the questions posed, see my hard-cover, all-color editions of Soldiers of Greater Britain(1893-1924), Armies of the World (1925-1941) and Regiments of All Nations… Read more

The Senior Service as Represented by Britains 1. Introduction ‘’It is upon the navy, that under the good providence of god, the wealth, prosperity and peace of these islands and the empire do mainly depend’’ quote from the Articles of War. The Royal Navy is traditionally the oldest part of the British armed forces, founded… Read more

In 1959 Mattel Toys introduced a revolutionary new type of girl’s toy called “Barbie.” Although little more than a miniature plastic mannequin, unlike other dolls “Barbie” was unique in having a teenage lifelike figure and she soon became the clotheshorse for a limitless variety of outfits and accessories. Following her success a man in the… Read more

Introduction A few years ago, I penned a couple of articles focussed on William Britains’ efforts to reproduce the famous British Regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) in miniature. The articles presented all the various sets that Britains produced from the closing years of the 19th century to the end of hollowcastproduction in 1966.1 Set… Read more

Collectors of early Britains figures will be interested in an extremely rare and rather special lot that came up for auction in the Northwest of England in November. The action house cataloguer was amazed when he opened a rather tatty cardboard box and found hiding inside . . . . an original Edwardian Family by… Read more