Musikkapelle, Gustav Kühn 10291 (similar)

Hello,

Today I'm showing you some single cut soldiers again.

It's a group of seven musicians in Wehrmacht uniforms. The same soldiers appeared in a Gustav Kühn sheet numbered 10291 as the "Infanterie-Musikkapelle" (Infantry Band). But these figures here certainly don't come from such a sheet. For one thing, the figures are smaller than I would expect from Kühn, and for another, they are printed in very poor quality on a type of newsprint. I suspect they come from a German youth magazine or newspaper from the 1940s.

The figures are about 6.5 cm tall.

Best regards,

Andreas

Abadie - Soldatenbilderbogen XA

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you another Abadie printed sheet. 

I already mentioned with issue X that there are two (actually three) very similar versions. This is number XA, in which only one of the four dragoons of the Austrian Federal Army has been replaced by an officer.

The figures are in the Abadie standard scale of 6 cm. These promotional items were produced shortly before Austria's annexation to Germany in 1938.

Best regards,

Andreas

Austrian Infantry - Marcel Vagné (son) No.1415

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you a few individual figures that I've finally been able to identify.

I keep finding cut-out, crumpled, or otherwise damaged or trimmed partial sheets or individual figures. I like to try to "rescue" them, refurbish or restore them, and give them a second life. These four soldiers were just such examples. Unfortunately, I couldn't identify them for a long time. I briefly thought they might be Austrians, but the olive-green / yellowish color of the uniforms led me down the wrong path. Finally, I found a picture of such an uncut sheet yesterday! It's number 1415 by Marcel Vagné (the son, not the father) and is actually supposed to depict Austrian infantry from World War I. The figure size corresponds to approximately 7.5 to 8 cm.

Best regards,

Andreas

German Reichswehr Soldiers - Oehmigke & Riemschneider Neuruppin Nr.10331

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you a sheet of German Reichswehr soldiers in the uniforms between 1921 and 1933. It was printed sometime in the mid-1920s an it's from the company Oehmigke & Riemschneider in Neuruppin and bears the number 10331. Unfortunately, it was torn in half.

You can see various groups of German Reichswehr soldiers, supply troops, a medical carriage, a motorcycle – but also an infantry gun and a road-going armored car.

The figures are naturally slightly different in size due to the different perspectives, but they roughly correspond to a figure size of 7.5 to 8 cm. In the upper left corner there is a stamp of the dealer who sold this sheet at the time.

Best regards,

Andreas

Imagerie Pellerin No.151 - French Infantry in Combat

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you a print sheet from Pellerin (Imagerie d'Epinal). It's numbered 151 and shows French soldiers from World War I (field uniform 1916-1918) in combat.

The figures are 8 cm tall, although the captain is a bit larger.

Best regards,

Andreas

Imageries Reunies Jarville-Nancy - 349 French Dragoons 1870

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you another print from Imagerie Jarville-Nancy. This one is numbered 349 and shows French dragoons from 1870. 

These prints date from the post-World War I period. The nine riders can be distinguished into an officer, two trumpeters, and six cavalrymen. The height of the figures, including the horse, is approximately 11.5 cm; the figure itself is approximately 7 cm.

Best regards,

Andreas

Abadie - Soldatenbilderbogen IX

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you another Abadie printed sheet. It's part of the Austrian Armed Forces pre-1938 series and features soldiers from three different branches of the military. First, a field gun of the artillery (red collar insignia), then two Jäger (light infantry, green collar insignia), and finally, a heavy machine gun firing from the infantry (light blue collar insignia). The sheet bears the Roman numeral 9, and the figures are 6 cm tall.

Best regards,

Andreas

French Army WW1 - René Touret 200/35

 Hello,

Today I'd like to show you a sheet of soldiers printed by René Touret.

In "Paper Soldiers" by Edward Ryan, there's a short paragraph about the Touret publishing house. According to this, the company produced in "Châtellerault" and later in "La Châtre." My sheet, however, shows the inscription "Paris" and "Imprimé en France." According to a Google search, Touret was active there in the mid-1930s. I also know of another sheet of paper soldiers by Touret that also has "Paris" as the place of origin, but with the inscription "Imprimé en Belgique."

The small sheet I'm showing you today has an advertisement printed on the back. 

Otherwise, it features very simply drawn French soldiers in the uniforms of 1916 to 1918 and two small, scaled-down tanks that, with a lot of imagination, are meant to represent a Renault FT. The figures vary in size; the largest ones are approximately 7cm tall.

Best regards,

Andreas

Italian Army - Marcel Vagné No.529

Hello,

Unfortunately, I have very little free time at the moment, so updates here are very sparse.

But today I'd like to show you this somewhat worn sheet by Marcel Vagne. It's numbered 529 and shows various figures from the branches of the Italian Army. The drawing style is very "special". The figures are very comic-like, with oversized torsos. 

The paper on which these soldiers were printed is somewhat thicker than one would normally expect from French publishers. The print can be dated to the period between 1880 and 1900. The figures are 7 cm tall.

Best regards,

Andreas