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
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
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
Hello,
Today I'm showing you the third of four sheets on the German Wehrmacht from the Czech ABC magazine.
This sheet covers the Luftwaffe's anti-aircraft artillery. It features an 8.8cm anti-aircraft gun, ammunition crates and shell casings, as well as the crew consisting of an officer, a rangefinder, a telephone operator, and four artillerymen.
This sheet was printed sometime in the mid-1990s. The figures, like the entire series, are 6cm tall.
A noticeable printing error is a cyan-colored bar running through the helmets and caps on the backs of some figures.
Best regards,
Andreas
Hello,
Today I'm showing you one of my Silbermann plates. It's numbered 9 and depicts French Carabiniers. There are several variants of this plate; in addition to the one shown here with 12 riders, there's also a version with only 9 riders. There exist also different color variations of the trousers.
In the first row, you can see a brigadier (corporal), a sergeant, an officer, and a trumpeter. Below them are two rows of enlisted soldiers.
This print was first published in 1845. I suspect that the version shown here is the "later" version and was available until 1870.
At least, the subsequently printed advertisement on the back suggests this.
The figures scale is about 8 cm. From helmet peak to base, they measure approximately 12.5 cm.
Best regards,
Andreas
Hello,
Today I'm showing you Plate No. 2 by Fischbach.
It depicts 27 French Zouaves in their post-1872 uniforms. The graphics were drawn by Alfred Touchemolin, and the plates were produced between 1873 and 1914.
In detail, you can see a total of four different officers, including one with a flag, three sergeants, two corporals, three clairons, and 15 soldiers.
The figures measure 9.5 cm.
Best regards,
Andreas
Hello,
I finally had the time and inclination to paint something again. Since I've been studying the Bavarian Landwehr, it naturally had to be a figure that fits the theme.
The resulting figure is a lieutenant in the Munich Landwehr (Fusiliers) from 1851. It was based on a drawing by Johann Baptist Pfeiffer.
Best regards,
Andreas
Hello, It’s time for another Fischbach print! This time it is number 7, depicting mounted artillerymen. Unfortunately, my copy has slight c...
