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  • Britains Quiz

    Joe Wallis

    This article presents an array of questions (with answers provided on pages 40-41) that shouldbe fun for collectors of Britains to ponder. For more photographs, and to research the answersto 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 (1946-1966).Note that… Read more

  • BAVARIAN KINGS AND PRINCE REGENTS FROM 1864 – 1918 IN OLD LEAD SOLDIERS

    Gisbert Freber

    Introduction For several years now, I have had three old lead soldiers on horseback in my collection, which have nowgiven rise to this article. The figures are solid cast and very carefully decorated with many details. Thehorses are very elaborately produced hollow casts, in which even the usual holes that arise when casting a hollow… Read more

  • Sporting Figures – A Herculean Olympic Collecting Challenge

    Rob Wilson

    The summer Olympic Games held this year in Paris inspired renewed interest in sporting figures. M Broquet published an interesting piece (Le Jeu des Jeux, Antiquités Brocante HORS SÉRIE 2024, pp 79- 84) in which he sets out some of the sporting figures that could be used to replay events in the games. In an… Read more

  • RE-VISITING THE SOLDIERS OF HACHETTE & CIE

    Russ Bednarek

    My initial article regarding the series of embossed die cut paper soldiers produced by the French firm Hachette & Cie appeared in Old Toy Soldier, Volume 39, Number 2, Summer 2015. My collection at that time consisted of four out of the twelve sets of the embossed die cut figures and acomplete set of the… Read more

  • JOHILLCO IN THE IMMEDIATE POST-WAR PERIOD

    Richard Forrester and Norman Joplin

    Introduction An eighteen-page John Hill & Co (Metal Toys) Ltd. catalogue dated January 1950 has recently beendiscovered in Australia. Listing toy soldiers, cowboys and Indians, farm, zoo and civilian figures, it appears to be issued specifically for the export market. It shows some figures which were only in production for a brief period, including some… Read more

  • KEYMEN MINIATURES

    John Cupman

    Association Football, the formal term for Soccer, has had its fair share of recognisable characters over its long history and in the early 1970s a small, short-lived company proved it. KEYMEN Miniatures Ltd was founded by Mr David Mitchell around the mid to late 1960s. Another director, Mr Wilson B. Platt, was astute enough to… Read more

  • DISCOVERING SCHOOLROOMS

    Steve Sommers

    Back to School? Schoolrooms – good or bad memories for all of us? Maybe that question is how or why “kids in school” ended up in my collection. Like most adult collectors I played with toy soldiers as a boy: Dimestores, hollowcasts, composition, and plastics. A lot of these were running and shooting various weapons;… Read more

  • THE CROWN’S FUNERAL PROCESSIONAUCTIONED BY BONHAMS

    Rob Wilson

    Fans of the Netflix series The Crown may have spotted a few toy soldiers in the final episode of Season 6, ‘Sleep Dearie Sleep’. The scene involves Queen Elizabeth II (portrayed by Imelda Staunton) being presented with a scene depicting the funeral of her father George VI. In reality, this model had been put together… Read more

  • HEYDE TREASURES: SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

    Norman Cuthbert

    Heyde figures originated in Dresden, Germany and are among the most prized in the world. The company produced figures mainly in the 48- and 60-mm scale. The company was bombed out during World War II, so its products became highly sought after post WW II. A few good books have been produced on this company,1… Read more

  • EARLY AMERICAN METAL: MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS

    William Beierwaltes

    McLoughlin Brothers, a major American producer of paper lithographed toys and games, wasfounded in 1857 by John McLoughlin but developed by his sons (aka “brothers”) John (1827-1905) andEdmund (1833-1889) in New York City. From them, John’s sons James and Charles took over management of the company. In 1920, the company was purchased by their rival… Read more