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By Custermen · Posted
Yes. My Dealer who I saw today knows a lot more than I do about the Britains. I was looking at the Conte figures and noticed it had almost the same set of three American Civil War Iron Brigade as the Britain did. He said it was the same sculpturer who made both. I wonder when there is no "LIKE" button for me to use?? -
By Dirk · Posted
And to you Old Marine! Custerman: Britains can be divided into three eras: Ancients (1893-1918),pre war (20’s and 30’s) and post WWII thru1966. Each period has a identifiable painting style. All Britain’s were manufactured in England thru the three periods lead figures were produced. Obviously, Ancients are rarer and harder to find. Each period has their fans. The earlier thread on the Whitejackets was one of my posts, this set shown here is slightly earlier and still has its original box. This style of box is called a Printer Label style. An artist named Fred Whisstock produced a series of boxes that were more appealing and so are sought by some collectors. Probably this set was produced between 1897 and 1910. While the figures posted in a earlier thread were probably made between 1910 and 1920. You can tell this by modifications the factory made to its casting around 1910. The Queens Bay figures are less rare and continued to be produced into the 1950’s, but in a slightly different painting style. What I liked about these was the price and the condition. I hope this helps . -
By Custermen · Posted
This is the Banner my Dad brought home. I call it a banner as I assume it was hung on the wall. It measures approximately 50 X 38 INCHES. It is really thin material. The first image posted just looks like thicker cotton but I can't tell. Would this one be used on a vehicle? I always wondered if that was blood stains on it. Picture of his banner taken on May 10, 1945. near Bulluno, Italy. Yes---he is wearing a Police Helmet with a chicken sitting on top. The other guys are the drunk ones. -
By Custermen · Posted
Sorry--- I wish the photo was clearer. I have seen at least 3 photos of this gun and crew. The family lost his scrapbook---maybe in a closet or an attic. I did salvage some negatives and sent them out for digital scanning. These digital photos have some great resolution and you can pick out a lot of detail. Here is an example. He took this photo of a passing truck convoy from a position below the road. It wasn't until I got the digital images, could I make out Italian Alpini troops riding in the back of the truck. This shows how much of the image was used for the above image. -
By Old Marine · Posted
Great classic figures. Merry Christmas to you. -
By daskrieg · Posted
Well well i missed that. Yes he is armed. Being several are wearing the blue uniforms without insignia it may be a penal unit (German military prisoners). -
By Custermen · Posted
I'm not that knowledgeable on the old Britains sets. I'm sure the older sets are hard to find. When were these two sets produced? I saw a previous post on the White Jackets. -
By Custermen · Posted
I think the label has the artist's name, Dan Patterson, and the name of the manufacturer, Scruby. At least that is what I understood the dealer to mean. I have been successful in googling and finding photos of Winter's collection. I couldn't find it this time. -
By Jack the Collector · Posted
That would be a useful bit of information. -
By Jack the Collector · Posted
That is cool......Winters was an "outsider" artist,he may very well have painted it to. -
By Dirk · Posted
Always equate toy soldiers with Christmas from my early years when I would visit Polks Hobby’s, the Soldier Shop, and later Burlington Antiques in NYC before Christmas to spend my hard earned allowance on Old Britain’s….Well with colder weather upon me, these followed me home today. A very clean pre-war set #44 (pre-1937)The Queens Bays with a Fred Whisstock box, and original packing paper….and set #80 Royal Navy at Running Slope pre WWI (considered by collectors Ancients era) with early printers box.
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