BILL THE PATCH Posted June 17, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2020 I found this in my yard, my house is over 100 years old. And I knew the man that probably lost it. He lived next store from me or should I say through the woods. He lived here as a boy. i bought the house from his mother. To bad the head is broken off. I looked for it but not to be found. Oh well. The paint is in great condition. Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment
doyler Posted June 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2020 use to find a few at my parents acreage growing up. The house was built in 1920-21. Found several Manoil and Barclay figures. One of our dogs found an old cast iron toy truck once.He would dig a shallow hole near his dog house to lay in and he dug up stuff all the time. Would find old cone top beer cans in the pine grove we had.Was fun to grow up there. Link to comment
kammo-man Posted June 17, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 17, 2020 Great find !!!Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
Proud Kraut Posted June 17, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 17, 2020 Very nice! Would love to see how the complete figure looked like. Link to comment
Proud Kraut Posted June 17, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 17, 2020 Found it (picture from yowcow.com) Link to comment
BILL THE PATCH Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted June 18, 2020 Thanks for the photo, I wondered what it actually looked like. Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment
Story Posted November 12, 2021 Share #7 Posted November 12, 2021 I think Barclay-Manoil (the manufacturers) meant that to represent a 37mm M1916 Infantry Gun rigged up for anti-aircraft work. Never saw a picture of such in reality, but it'd be interesting to find one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_d'Infanterie_de_37_modèle_1916_TRP Link to comment
mikie Posted November 12, 2021 Share #8 Posted November 12, 2021 Nice! There is nothing as great and finding stuff like this in the ground around the house. Was it lost by some kid playing? Did he give it a military funeral because it lost it's head? Where is the "kid" now? And the most vexing question is if there are more of them buried around somewhere? Mikie Link to comment
sundance Posted November 12, 2021 Share #9 Posted November 12, 2021 Sad, poor gunner probably never knew what hit him. Lucky for you though. Link to comment
manayunkman Posted November 12, 2021 Share #10 Posted November 12, 2021 Who ever digs up my childhood backyard is in for a treat. I think every toy I had is buried there after a massive dirt bomb barrage hit them in a surprise mid afternoon attack. There was such carnage that most of my toys were never found again. Link to comment
iron bender Posted November 13, 2021 Share #11 Posted November 13, 2021 23 hours ago, manayunkman said: Who ever digs up my childhood backyard is in for a treat. I think every toy I had is buried there after a massive dirt bomb barrage hit them in a surprise mid afternoon attack. There was such carnage that most of my toys were never found again. I was thinking the exact same thing. Lead soldiers, blown up 12" gi joe parts, and lots of rubber green army men Link to comment
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