Abadie - Einzelfiguren, Italienische Armee

Hello,

I've shown many Abadie paper soldiers in the past – and "spoiler alert," I have more here waiting to be shown.

But these sheets weren't the only paper soldiers this Austrian cigarette paper manufacturer produced. Besides the three series of "Soldaten Bilderbögen" that I know of, a large number of individual figures were also distributed. These were certainly printed as sheets or strips, but then cut up and distributed along with individual cigarette paper packs. The cutting seems to have taken place at the retailer's, as I have several sections with two or three figures.

Unlike the printed sheets, these individual figures are printed on both sides, not just one. They are somewhat reminiscent of the French soldiers from H. Bouquet's "Pro Patria" series. In terms of size, they are also fairly comparable, but the drawing style is much simpler. Unlike the quite similar figures from the competitor "Olleschau," the Abadie individual figures are unfortunately not numbered, and I'm not aware of any list or anything similar. So it remains a mystery how many different variants of these figures existed – but there must have been quite a lot!

Today, as a first step, I'll show you my Italian figures from this series. It's striking that the same figures appear to have existed in approximately 55mm and 65mm sizes.

Best regards,

Andreas