billl Posted March 14, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2022 I just picked up these little statues. Roosevelt, DeGaulle, and Stalin. Probably Chalkware. Curious whether anyone has seen them before. Guessing late war to early post war. DeGaulle wasn't too visible until post war. I think Roosevelt and Ike intentionally minimalized him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted March 14, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 14, 2022 How big are they? Anything on the base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billl Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted March 15, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 6:16 AM, manayunkman said: How big are they? Anything on the base? About 3 inches tall. No markings on the bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted March 16, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2022 They look like composition figures made in Europe right after the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billl Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, manayunkman said: They look like composition figures made in Europe right after the war. That's my take, too. Late 1945. Maybe 1946. I suspect there were 4 - Churchill is on vacation. But I've never seen these before, and they don't appear in any of my reference books. Hoping someone else knows a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted March 16, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2022 3 hours ago, billl said: That's my take, too. Late 1945. Maybe 1946. I suspect there were 4 - Churchill is on vacation. But I've never seen these before, and they don't appear in any of my reference books. Hoping someone else knows a little more. What reference books do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billl Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted March 16, 2022 7 hours ago, manayunkman said: What reference books do you have? Here are some. I have another half a dozen around the house. Sorry they are not upright. Don't know why they do that - it's not how they were taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted March 16, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 16, 2022 I thought you had toy soldier books. Sorry I should have been more clear. There were many European composition toy figure makers and many of them were not marked and was hoping you had some sort of reference. A very old collecting friend in Germany was keeping records of all the composition makers and had a world class collection to boot. He died several years ago and his grandchildren threw it all out because much of it reminded them of a time they would rather forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usmc2004 Posted March 16, 2022 Share #9 Posted March 16, 2022 One of the best references I have found for these toys is this website https://en.toy-soldier-gallery.com/Index.cgi However you do have to register to really look around on it. Second best source I found is the books “The war toys 1” “The war toys 2”. By Reggie Polaine&David Hawkins. But they focus mostly on the elastolin/Hauser toys which was what I was researching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billl Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted March 16, 2022 49 minutes ago, Usmc2004 said: One of the best references I have found for these toys is this website https://en.toy-soldier-gallery.com/Index.cgi However you do have to register to really look around on it. Second best source I found is the books “The war toys 1” “The war toys 2”. By Reggie Polaine&David Hawkins. But they focus mostly on the elastolin/Hauser toys which was what I was researching. Thanks much for the suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted March 17, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 17, 2022 While the list on the toy soldier gallery is very comprehensive it sticks with the most well known makers. The maker of your figures is not represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billl Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, manayunkman said: While the list on the toy soldier gallery is very comprehensive it sticks with the most well known makers. The maker of your figures is not represented. Thanks. I suspect these were rather "patriotic figures" and not toy soldiers. But I never thought to look in a toy catalog. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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