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Lineol and Elastolin Allied Infantry
including French - steel helmet, blue or blue-grey uniform - two throwing grenades, one with rangefinder, wounded, with wire cutters, charging, rifle raised, képi, blue and red uniform - two stretcher bearers, ammunition carrier, seated, with dog, charging, kneeling firing, bugler (P-G); British and American - steel helmet, khaki uniform - Lineol - officer with scissor binoculars, man with raised rifle, two men throwing grenades, Elastolin - 750 field wagon with two-horse team, officer with binoculars, two-figure diorama of field telephone operator and linesman, shell loader, medic, man throwing grenade, officer with map, shell stack, explosion, three wounded, seated man with rangefinder, Duro mounted officer; Swiss - twelve Lineol and Elastolin inlcuding pigeon messenger; and sixteen others, various makes; (F-G, some glue repair)
including French - steel helmet, blue or blue-grey uniform - two throwing grenades, one with rangefinder, wounded, with wire cutters, charging, rifle raised, képi, blue and red uniform - two stretcher bearers, ammunition carrier, seated, with dog, charging, kneeling firing, bugler (P-G); British and American - steel helmet, khaki uniform - Lineol - officer with scissor binoculars, man with raised rifle, two men throwing grenades, Elastolin - 750 field wagon with two-horse team, officer with binoculars, two-figure diorama of field telephone operator and linesman, shell loader, medic, man throwing grenade, officer with map, shell stack, explosion, three wounded, seated man with rangefinder, Duro mounted officer; Swiss - twelve Lineol and Elastolin inlcuding pigeon messenger; and sixteen others, various makes; (F-G, some glue repair)
Provenance
The first fourteen pieces are from Christie's, Toy Soldiers from The Forbes Museum of Military Miniatures, Tangier, 18 December 1997, Lot 972
Special notice
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