World of Model Soldiers

Discounted Offer "Mixed Boxes"

2010-02-15T10:21:00.005Z

DISCOUNTED OFFER “MIXED BOXES”

LIST OF "MIXED" BOXED FIGURES
MADE BY SOLDIERS’ SOLDIERS,
LAMBETH, LONDON, 1973 – 1986

Due to recent bulk purchase, from the estate of a former collector, the following boxes can be offered at an exceptional discounted price. Some boxes are illustrated on the Soldiers’ Soldiers page of our website. All boxes contain 16 figures, all are in good condition.

These soldiers were collected in the late 70’s by an enthusiastic collector who wanted mixed sets. He was a regular visitor to the Soldier Shop in Kennington Road, Lambeth, (the shop appears as the background to the box liner) and would make up his sets from the single figures that were then available. This form of collecting must be unique and there are no other instances of “mixed” boxes being produced for any other client, or ever resold.

Prices: per box of 16 figures only € 99.00

Postage, packing and insurance, extra, at cost.

The numbering of the boxes refers to the mixture of figures contained in the box. Please refer to the full list of Soldiers’ Soldiers box sets in order to identify the contents.

Therefore 297 / 306 refers to a box of 16 figures in which 8 figures are Sikh bandsmen, and a further 8 are Scots.

See the full list of figures on site

www.soldierssoldiers.com

Fig. No	Fig. No
3 / Dragoons	133 / Dragoons
5 / Lancers	134 / 236
16 / 217	138 / 214
31 / 214	140 / 217
33 / 228	141 / 217
35 / 228	142 / 228
36 / 142	148 / 217
36 / 214	165 / 217
70 / 72	171 / 271
77 / Dragoons	171 / 334
78 / 261	178 / 224
78 / Dragoons	214 / 279
82 / 217	214 / 285
84 / 214	217 / 173
86 / 214	217 / 247
86 / 355	217 / 248
105 / Dragoons	217 / 313
107 / 322	217 / 338
108 322	228 / 311
109 / 322	228 / Rifles
124 / Dragoons	246 / 322
124 / 228	249 / 304
125 / 214	290 / 145
125 / 238	297 / 306
127 / 228	310 / 322
131 / 236	339 / French
132 / 236	RAF / Rifles
132 / 279

As these boxes weigh about 1.2 / 1.5 kilo and as the post office charge a flat rate for up to 2.0 kilo, the weight will be made up with individual copies of a variety of military hobby magazines, so that you get full advantage of the postage that you have to pay. No charge, my gift to you.

Putting it another way, I am going to give you FREE military hobby/history magazines to make the weight of your parcel up to just under 2kg, which is the weight that the Post Office charges for, and for which you have to pay, which to Europe, including UK is € 9.20, to the USA € 16.70, and to other destinations € 21.70.

Obviously the more boxes you purchase, the cheaper becomes the postage, per box. Up to 20kg can be sent at any one time, some 13 or 14 boxes. And you’ll still get some “make-weight” magazines, or maybe military buttons, unpainted figures, military prints, or whatever I find in my “Aladin’s cave”.

Best wishes

John Tunstill

HUGE NEW AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF BOXED SOLDIERS' SOLDIERS ... ARRIVING SHORTLY

2009-11-12T15:12:00.001Z

They say, “it never rains, but it pours”.

Two large collections of the world famous “Soldiers’ Soldiers” have come up in the last few of months.

This new collection is a unique assemblage of “mixed” boxes purchased from the Soldier Shop in Kennington Road, Lambeth, London in the late 70’s and early 80’s, and is due to arrive within the month. What a Christmas present!

These “mixed” sets were assembled some 35 years ago, all are boxes of original Soldiers’Soldiers 54mm lead-alloy figures and were purchased by a single collector over the period of some eight to ten years, and he preferred to have the large boxed sets, but with a mixture of contents. Usually bandsmen of one regiment “serenading” a contingent from another regiment.

Footguards playing to representatives of a Highland regiment. Red-jacketed Home Service helmeted line infantry of the Second Battalion, playing off their comrades of the First Battalion on route to Africa, India or Asia, in Foreign Service Helmets, solar topees, pith helmets or Improved Wolsleys. Etc., etc., etc, and all dressed in colonial kahkie; British troops playing to foreign armed forces, foreigners playing to Brits. A wonderful and individual assortment assembled with care, love and consideration some thirty or more years ago

This assemblage was only made possible because the collector visited the Soldier Shop in Kennington Road, Lambeth where the figures were painted, boxed and distributed and he was therefore able to “pick and mix” at will. A curious, individual, and absolutely unique collection, now available at only € 105.00 per box of 18 model soldiers, postage and packing extra depending on numbers and destination. There is only one of each box, all are in good clean order, mostly never unpacked, and represent an individual and new interesting facet of our hobby.

Any five boxes only € 99.00 each plus p&p,
for over 20 boxes deduct a further 10%, so only € 90 .00 each

Each order will receive one copy of a military/soldier/hobby magazine per box and also with any five boxes an original British World War II War Medal, mint, unused and in original slip packing..

Further details will be announced as soon as they become available.

Toy soldiers manufacturer in Ukraine

2009-10-12T10:22:00.002Z

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing high-quality 54mm painted figures from a manufacturer in Ukraine. Our figures are 1/32 scale, 54 mm. made of an alloy of tin and metal, handmade and hand-painted. We mostly manufacture Napoleonics - Great Britain, Russia, German Duchies, Poland, Prussia, Italy, Naples, Holland, a little bit of Romans and dioramas.

Sergei Teslenko
VID Soldiers

+380677399139

teslenkoserge@yahoo.com

SOLDIERS’ SOLDIERS DISCOUNTED BOXED FIGURES MADE IN LAMBETH, LONDON, 1973 – 1986

2009-08-22T10:39:00.001Z

Due to a recent bulk purchase from the estate of a former collector, almost two hundred boxes of Soldiers’ Soldiers 54mm lead-alloy figures are now available at the very special, not to be repeated price of

ONLY €43.00 per box of 8 figures.

Postage, packing and insurance, if required, are extra.

Please list alternatives because the stock is going fast, and by the time we have swapped half a dozen emails, the next selected box, or boxes, may also well have been sold.

All of these are original boxed sets, made in London in the late 1970’s are now again available for sale for the first time in more than 20 years, at this special price.

Mainly British Army figures 1880 – 1914, and made to complement the William Britains 54mm hollow-cast metal model soldiers which were discontinued in the 1960’s. These Soldiers’ Soldiers are now the fathers, or even the grandfathers, of the more recent ranges of new “old toy soldiers”.

Some boxes are illustrated on the Soldiers’ Soldiers page of this website, www.soldierssoldiers.com.

A further discount of 2.5% is available for any five boxes,

with a 7.5% discount on any 10 boxes.

Email for full lists to jon@technet.it

Nepal's Gurkhas give hero's welcome to 'Ab Fab' star

2009-07-27T16:24:00.003Z

Nepal's Gurkhas gave British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley a hero's welcome when she landed at Kathmandu airport Sunday on her first-ever visit to the Himalayan nation. Hundreds of soldiers and their families greeted the star of TV show "Absolutely Fabulous", who spearheaded a campaign for the British army veterans to be allowed to settle in Britain.
The actress's impassioned lobbying earned her the adoration of the Gurkhas, who have described her visit as a "homecoming"."I am delighted to be here," Lumley said as she was engulfed by cheering supporters who presented her with marigold garlands and a traditional shawl.
"Ayo Gurkhali!" she shouted, echoing the soldiers' war cry that means "The Gurkhas are coming".
Britain announced in May that all Gurkha veterans who had served at least four years in the army could apply for residency after a government climb down in the face of Lumley's campaign.
"We are proud and honoured to have her in our country. She is truly a daughter of Nepal," said Krishna Kumar Rai, vice-president of the Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen's Organisation (GAESO), ahead of Lumley's arrival.
"She has done us, the British army veterans, an unforgettable favour -- she has given us justice."
During her six-day trip to Nepal, Lumley will meet the country's president and prime minister as well as visit three towns with large Gurkha communities.

Article written by AFP

LEAD SOLDIERS FALL IN PRICE. 33% DISCOUNTS ON ANTIQUE TRADITIONAL MODEL FIGURES

2009-07-26T06:21:00.002Z

Toy and model soldiers, 54mm lead-alloy figures, militaria, flags, badges buttons and bayonets are all to be found on www.soldierssoldiers.com. A recent bulk purchase of more than a hundred boxes of Soldiers' soldiers; the famous figures made in Lambeth, London during the 1970's by John Tunstill, enables him to offer the boxes at a 33% discount on normal prices. John has also in stock military prints and Victorian books depicting British army uniforms of the last full dress period, hundreds of military hobby magazines from the 1880's to the 1980's, and thousands of 25mm wargame figures. John transfered the remainder of his stock from London to Umbria, central Italy where his huge collection is open to view.

Special Auction Services Catalogue

2009-06-26T08:08:00.002Z

Catalogue just received from www.specialauctionservices.com.

Packed full of Britains, Dinky, Elastolin, Timpo etc etc. 800 lots on offer, sale on 11th July, phone 0118 971 2949, Berkshire, England.

Well worth attending, look forward to prices achieved.

Auction of lead and plastic figures

2009-06-17T14:49:00.000Z

Dear sir,

We came across your e-mail address on the internet and believe you could be interested in our forthcoming auction of Toys for the Collector which will take place on Saturday 11th of July at 10.00am at our auction house: Special Auction Services, Kennetholme, Bath Road, Midgham, Berkshire, RG7 5UX, UK

Should you be interested in more details about this auction please do not hesitate to contact one of our consultants: Mr Hugo Marsh (hugo@specialauctionservices.com) or Mr Nigel Mynheer on telephone 0044 (0) 118 9712949
There are over 800 lots in this auction and enclosed is a listing of all 237 lots of figures (lead, plastic etc..) The illustrated catalogues for this auction will be available from the 22nd of June and cost £7.50. Alternatively you can view the catalogue on line www.specialauctionservices.com from the 24th of June

Thank you
Kind Regards
Lucie Hobbs

Figures
1.
Various makes: seventeen civilian figures including Crescent yellow female dunce, female teacher and male teacher; milkmen, jockey in pink waistcoat, children in seated positions, three seats, policeman, varying condition (20) £20/30 Illustrated
2.
Various makes: railway figures and luggage, P-VG (18) £20/30 Illustrated
3.
Lifeboat Pincushion: navy blue and white R.N.L.I. Lifeboat, underneath cast with 'Royal National Life-Boat Instn.' 'Supported By Voluntary Conts.' 100mm :. Literature: Hollowoast Civilian Toy Figures. Joplin & Dean, Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2005, page 202; a red and gold ships wheel and a stop-go throttle; red Shell fuel can, F-G (4) £20/30 Illustrated
4.
Various makes: farm figures, two hounds, two milk churns (one lacks lid), fencing, varying condition (17) £20/30 Illustrated
5.
Britains Deetail: sixteen mounted and unmounted Cowboys and twenty-three mounted and unmounted Indians (39) £30/40 Illustrated
6.
Britains Safari: white and black 9594 Safari Land Rover in original box and twenty animals and birds including vulture and pelican, VG, box F-G (21) £30/50 Illustrated
7.
Britains: 9674 Chopper Trike with Canopy in original box, VG, box F £20/30 Illustrated
8.
Britains: fourteen Deetail British and German infantry, two signs and four tree-signs, nineteen mounted and unmounted U.S. Federal Cavalry; four-man gun team (lacks one wheel), G (44) £40/50 Illustrated
9.
Britains: 4712 Model Zoo in original box; ten animals and two keepers, G, box £30/50 Illustrated
10.
Britains farm: 9527 Ford 5000 Tractor, 2529 Massey-Ferguson Tractor, 1742 (ten) Hay Bales (incorrect 1740 box), 9534 Muledozer, 9564 Elevator, 9550 Trailer and 9563 in original boxes, G-VG, boxes P-G (7) £60/100 Illustrated
11.
Britains: 4675 Ancient Siege Machine Catapult in original box, horse-drawn chariot and two mounted warriors, F-VG, box P-F £20/30 Illustrated
12.
Timpo: 1082 Medieval Castle with figures Set in box; five Britains Knights; nineteen Knights by other makers, F-VG, box P-F corners taped £30/50 Illustrated
13.
Timpo: horse-drawn prarie wagon and fifty-five mounted and unmounted cowboys and Indians; MTL card desert-scape; Britians stage coach with driver, guard and two passengers, F-VG £30/50 Illustrated
14.
Britains: 9575 Land-Rover with Horsebox (lacks horse) in original box and 4719 Riding Stables with figures (lacks clocktower), F-VG £30/50 Illustrated
15.
Britains plastic farm: twelve hands, hen house, sixty-three animals and poultry by various makers and accessories including, F-V £30/40 Illustrated
16.
Britains Zoo: yellow lidded box with colour lid label, three palm trees, three polar bears, elephant, lioness, two lions, small elephant, boar, hog, giraffe, Zebra, seal, two monkeys, two penguins and two pelicans, G-VG, box P-F (22) £50/100 Illustrated
17.
Composition figures: selection of wild animals, cowboy and Indians, German infantry by makers including Leyla, Elastolin and Duro, two Sentry boxes and a green wagon, P-VG, some damage £30/50
18.
Elastolin: guards and a cowboy, some mounted, varied condition generally P-F £30/40 Illustrated
19.
Johillco: nine marching highlanders and a Gladiator, generally F (10) £20/30
20.
Reference books: eleven publications including Britains Toy Soldiers 1893-1932 - Opie, Phillips Guide - Opie, Armies of The World (Britains) - Wallis, Encyclopedia of Model Soldiers - Garratt, Toy Soldiers - Rose, Toy Soldiers - Joplin, Figurines D'Etain - Ortmann, Collecting Model Soldiers - Garratt, British Toy Soldiers - Joplin, Toy Soldiers - Pascal and Figurines de Plomb - Pemzec (11) £30/50
21.
Reference books: eleven publications including Britains Toy Soldiers 1893-1932 - Opie, Phillips Guide - Opie, Armies of The World (Britians) - Wallis, Encyclopedia of Model Soldiers - Garratt, Toy Soldiers - Rose, Toy Soldiers - Joplin, Figurines D'Etain - Ortmann, Collecting Model Soldiers - Garratt, British Toy Soldiers - Joplin, Toy Soldiers - Pascall and Figures de Plomb - Pemzec (11) £30/50
22.
Reference books: thirty-three including Collectors Guide to Model Tin Figures - Ortmann, The Art of The Toy Soldier - Kurtz, Old British Model Soldiers - Richards, Model Soldiers - Harris and Toy Armies - Johnson (33) £50/100
23.
Britains Catalogues: 1971, 1981, 1982, sixty-one 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and facsimilie 1953 (70) £35/50
24.
Reference catalogues: fascimilie editions of Taylor & Barrett, Kew's Benbros, Johillco, Crown Models and Britains 1953; Auction catalouges - The Richards Collection, The Dean Collection, The Hanington Collection; On Guard catalogues £20/40
25.
Reference catalouges: fascimilie editions of Taylor & Barrett, Kews, Benbros, Johillco, Crown Models and Britians 1953; Auction catalogues - The Richards Collection, The Dean Collection; On Guard catalogues £20/40
26.
Britains: 2001 Black Beauty in original window-front picture packet, E, very minute fracture to cellophane £20/30 Illustrated
27.
Johillco: 1937 Coronation Coach in original blue lidded box, 308mm, generally G, one rear axle lug fractured, box P-F £30/50 Illustrated
28.
German figures: seven British Infantry men and one Officer marching with rifles, F-G (8) £60/100 Illustrated
29.
Britains: dark olive green 1448 Staff Car (lacks figures), VG minute chipping to leading edges of mudguards £60/100 Illustrated
30.
Britains: blue and white 9571 Farm Land Rover (both labels detached) and 9566 Tipping Trailer in original boxes, E, boxes G (2) £30/50 Illustrated
31.
Crescent: 1263 Saladin Armoured Car and 1249 18-Pounder Field Gun in original boxes, E, boxes G-VG (2) £25/35 Illustrated
32.
Britains: 00254 The Irish State Coach in original box with outer corrugated carton, E-M £35/50
33.
Crescent plastics: twelve piece Cowboy Set in original box, F, some deterioration, box £20/40 Illustrated
34.
Britains farm implements: 9542 Forage Harvester, 9541 Rotary Tender, 9554 Gang Roller, 9540 Manure Spreader, 9553 Disc Harrow, 9552 Transplanter, 9557 Bale Sledge, 9544 Disc Mower and 9548 Crop Spray in original boxes, VG-E, boxes F-G (9) £80/120 Illustrated
35.
Britains Eyes Right: Set 7840 the Mounted Band of Guards in original box, E, box F, one end flap detached £30/50 Illustrated
36.
Johillco Coronation Series: Box D. Procession in original light blue lidded box, F-VG, one front fork fractured, box P-F, some water stain marks £50/80 Illustrated
37.
Britains: 4509 The Bahamas Police Band and 003468 US Army Band of Washington DC in original boxes (2) £40/60
38.
Britains Wild West: 7616 Pioneer Covered Wagon and 7617 Buckboard in original boxes, E, boxes G, one cellophane window small fracture (2) £30/50 Illustrated
39.
Britains: 9570 Massey-Ferguson Combine Harvester in original box, E, box F-G, cellophane slightly fractured £40/60 Illustrated
40.
Britains Military Vehicles: 9780 Kettenrad Half-Track Motorcycle and 9784 8th Army Scout Car in original window boxes, E, boxes F-G (2) £30/50 Illustrated
41.
Britains: 00254 The Irish State Coach in original box and outer corrugated carton, E-M £30/50
42.
Britains: 8845 Bombay Infantry, 8832 Ludhiana Sikhs, 8811 4th Hussars, 8833 127th Baluch, two 00157 Band of The Life Guards and 8847 Madras Sappers in originalb oxes, E, boxes E (7) £70/100
43.
Totley Products: pale blue-grey Naval Quick-Firing Gun with instructions in original box, some fatigue £15/25 Illustrated
44.
Britains: Coronation Coach, G-VG £40/60 Illustrated
45.
Elastolin: 9804 Bombarde in original box with 'Herman Wichlein, Bremen' retailers' label, E, box G, very small paper tear to lid £50/80 Illustrated
46.
Britains Deetail: Six 8th Army in action on orange and turquoise card display plinths and two Combat Weapons Sets on card plinths £60/100 Illustrated
47.
Britains: 1920 red and black Chessmen in original (simulated wood) card box, G, some minor chipping, box G, lid corners worn (without board) F-G £30/50 Illustrated
48.
Britains Hunt Series: four mounted huntsmen, three mounted huntswomen, fox (partly overpainted) and ten hounds F-VG (18) £60/100 Illustrated
49.
Mignot: attacking warriors (6) £30/50 Illustrated
50.
Britains: from Set 1527 - eleven RAF Band, G, one drum stick replaced (11) £50/80 Illustrated
51.
Trees: collection of thirty-two trees by various makers, P-G, some damage (32) £50/80 Illustrated
52.
Various makes: twenty-three shrub and flower bushes, four logs, three stiles and three combination shrub/gate posts, F-G (33) £50/70 Illustrated
53.
Britains: 138 French Cuirassiers, one officer with four troopers, overall G, officers horse chipped (6) £40/50 Illustrated
54.
Dogs: twenty-six dogs by various makers, two kennels and a Timpo 'My Pet' Series box, F-G (28) £40/60 Illustrated
55.
Britains: 27 Band of The Line, generally G (12) £50/80 Illustrated
56.
Animals: fourty-four small scale farm animals, wild animals, birds, Barrett & Son cat in basket and two Liliput carts, varying condition (47) £35/50 Illustrated
57.
Animals: one brown and one black (large scale) Spaniels 110mm and aluminium hound 78mm (3) £20/30 Illustrated
58.
Painted terracotta figures: twenty-three standing figures in Eastern costume, overall P-F, some damage (23) £30/50 Illustrated
59.
Elastolin: eighteen Scottish Highlanders, one mounted, some retouching and overpainting (18) £60/100 Illustrated
60.
Elastolin: eighteen Scottish Highlanders, F, one head detached, some with surface damage (18) £40/60
61.
Elastolin: thirteen marching British Line Infantry, one mounted, F-G (13) £60/100 Illustrated
62.
Elastolin: 891 Medieval Catapult kit and 893 Heavy Medieval Catapult both with instructions in original boxes, E, boxes F-G (2) £40/60 Illustrated
63.
Taylor & Barrett: two red Shell pumps and grey BP pump; Barrett & Son Dunlop yellow Dunlop air/water pump, G, slight chipping (4) £30/50 Illustrated
64.
Street furniture: selection of pumps, oil bins, belisha beacons, street lamps, road signs and 'All Cars Stop Here' sign by various makers, P-G, some damage (41) £40/60 Illustrated
65.
Composition animals: seventeen including horse on wheels, two Bison, Lion, Wolf and Hound F-VG (17) £60/80 Illustrated
66.
Elastolin: 15132 1/2 Farm yard with Farm building, farm girl with bowl of grain and ten birds by Elastolin and other makers, generally F-G (12) £60/100 Illustrated
67.
German infantry: forty-eight by Lineol, Elastolin and Leyla and three Youth figures, overall G, some P-F (51) £150/250 Illustrated
68.
Elastolin: eight British Infantry band 100mm figures, retouched (8) £40/80 Illustrated
69.
Composition figures: twelve Lineol and Elastolin British and American infantry; sixteen various composition figures and a Kibri bunker, varying condition (29) £50/60
70.
Elastolin: nine Indians, (one mounted) and four Cowboys, P-G, some damage (13) £35/50 Illustrated
71.
Elastolin Indians: four, (one mounted) and campfire, G-VG (5) £40/50 Illustrated
72.
Composition figures: eleven farm figures and animals marked Milano Italy, some damage (11) £40/50 Illustrated
73.
Composition figures: five Inka (France) infantry in action; eight Knights, F-G (13) £40/50 Illustrated
74.
Industrial objects: seven barrels, furnace, seven anvils, F.G. Taylor & Son forge and fifty-seven milk churns, varying condition (72) £50/80 Illustrated
75.
Britains: 145 RAMC Ambulance Wagon, incomplete, F, some chipping £50/80 Illustrated
76.
Skybirds and other makes: two field guns, sandbags and figures, P-F, one tyre perished £20/30
77.
German flats: various infantry, two grey covered wagons, owl and an Ibex, varied condition £40/50 Illustrated
78.
Field guns: seven small scale guns including Crescent, John Hill, Simon & Rivolet and Britains (7) £40/50 Illustrated
79.
Semi-flats: infantry, canon and three camels, P-F, some damaged £30/40
80.
Small scale figures: PTY Limited six Swedish African Engineers in original display card, two Moko lumber wagons, Benbros cart, coronation coach, Cavendish coronation coach, five Stadded Gurkhas and sixteen various, some by 'Little Lead Figures' £60/100 Illustrated
81.
Britains (for Wandle Games): Speedex horse racing game in original box, a semi-flats horse game and Chad Valley No.12 paper-covered plywood Seaforth Highlanders in original box (3) £60/100 Illustrated
82.
Royalty: Britains Edward VII bust 1st August 1901, one king and three queen gold figures, two coronation coaches (one overpainted) and Timpo Queen Elizabeth on Horse in original blue lidded box, F-G, box F (8) £60/100 Illustrated
83.
Britains and other makes: twenty-seven railway figures including red French porter, barrows, seats and Hornby Series green tinplate luggage case, P-F £35/50 Illustrated
84.
Britains: eleven Irish Guards, bases overpainted in green (11) £40/60 Illustrated
85.
Britains: forty-three late edition (all metal) guards and Highlanders, three mounted (43) £40/60
86.
Britains Deetail: twenty-six guards, G (26) £25/30
87.
Britains Deetail: thirty-five Cowboys and Indians, some mounted, G (35) £35/50
88.
Britains Deetail: eighty-four American and German infantry, G (84) £80/120
89.
Britains Deetail: sixty-six assorted figures including cavalry and highlanders (66) £50/70
90.
Britains Deetail: three horse-riders and eleven Arabs, G (14) £20/30 Illustrated
91.
Britains Deetail: fifty-five Knights, some mounted, F-G, some weapons missing (55) £30/40
92.
Plastics Farm: three Britains vehicles load packets (incomplete) and plastic animals, fencing and three pens by various makers, G £50/60
93.
Plastics Zoo: large selection by various makers includig two sweepers, pond, animals, feeder, keeper, birds and two child riders, overall F-VG £50/80
94.
Britains: Madame Tussaud bust, fractured £20/30 Illustrated
95.
Britains: Britains Dairy 9503 Milk Float (lacks man and horse) in original box, Land Rover, trailer, Ford 5000 Tractor and 9673 Norton Police Motorcycle in box, F-VG, boxes P-G (5) £30/50
96.
Plastics: selection of small-scale farm figures by Britains and other makes, P-VG £35/50 Illustrated
97.
Britains Cadburys Bournville Cococubs: Dan Crow, Granny Owl, Nutty Squirrel, Percy Parrot, Freddie Frog, Gussie Robin, Monty Monkey, Henrietta Fussy Feathers, Will Mouse, Bill Badger, Peter Penguin, Peter Pum Poodle, Captain Kangaroo, Mrs. Cacklegoose, Dumpty Do Duck and Silas Slink, P-G, some chipping (16) £100/150 Illustrated
98.
Britains Cadburys Bournville Cococubs: Dan Crow, Granny Owl, Nutty Squirrel, Percy Parrot, Freddie Frog, Gussie Robin, Monty Monkey, Henrietta Fussy Feathers, Will Mouse, Bill Badger, Peter Penguin, Captain Kangaroo and Mrs. Cacklegoose, P-G (13) £70/100 Illustrated
99.
Britains Cadburys Bournville Cococubs: Dan Crow, Granny Owl, Nutty Squirrel, Percy Parrot, Freddie Frog, Monty Monkey, Henrietta Fussy Feathers, Will Mouse and Bill Badger, P-F (9) £50/60 Illustrated
100.
Britains Cadburys Bournville Cococubs: Dan Crow, Granny Owl, Nutty Squirrel, Percy Parrot, Freddie Frog, Monty Monkey, Henrietta Fussy Feathers and Bill Badger, P-F (8) £40/50 Illustrated
101.
Britains Cadburys Bournville Cococubs: two Dan Crows, four Granny Owls, three Nutty Suqirrels, two Percy Parrots, two Freddie Frogs, four Monty Monkeys, two Henrietta Fussy Feathers and two Bill Badgers, P-F (21) £100/120 Illustrated
102.
Britains Zoo: large selection of 994 green railings with one dozen box, four point-signs, nineteen green sign posts, overall G £60/100
103.
Britains Zoo: 9015 one Tiger with one Tigress in original box and 9011 one Giant Panda with two Baby Pandas in original box; eight zoo staff by various makers P-G, boxes P-F (13) £30/50 Illustrated
104.
Zoo animals: twenty-eight by various makers including three tapirs, antelope, baby panda, five storks, two elephants, two monkeys, camel with girl rider, seal, two polar bears, two tigers, two lions, kangaroo, deer, two wild hounds and two bears, P-G (28) £45/60 Illustrated
105.
Zoo animals: twenty-six by various makers including two lions, two tigers, polar bear, camel with girl rider, seal, monkey in tree, elephant, pelican, four storks, panda, boar, three tapirs, three bears, monkey, two antelopes and kangaroo P-G (26) £45/60 Illustrated
106.
Zoo animals: twenty-five by various makers including two bears, zebra, wart hog, three tapirs, hippopotamus, pelican (head detached), baby panda, four storks, three monkeys, elephant with rider, camel, seal, polar bear, tiger, two lions, leopard and squirrel, P-G (25) £40/60 Illustrated
107.
Zoo animal: twenty-three by various makers including two tapirs, two bears, crocodile, zebra, rhinoceros, panda, two monkeys, four storks, (large) stork elephant parrot, camel, seal, polar bear, two lions and tiger, P-G (23) £40/60 Illustrated
108.
Farm figures: fifty-eight by Britains and other makers, boxes for 5026 and 5029, P-F, some damage (58) £50/60
109.
Farm figures: nineteen by various makers including Timpo Farmer with Prize Bull (rope incorrect), F-G (19) £40/50 Illustrated
110.
Various makes: forty-seven small scale horses, varying condition, generally P-F (47) £50/60 Illustrated
111.
Taylor & Barrett: two Donkey Huts; five donkeys F-G (7) £20/30 Illustrated
112.
Farm: six scarecrows, two wells with buckets and seventeen haystacks, F-G (25) £40/50 Illustrated
113.
Farm: selection of fencing by various makes £20/30
114.
Farm: kennels, troughs, cages, Taylor & Barrett Mill House and top (only) of dovecot, F (35) £30/50 Illustrated
115.
Sheep: fifty-seven by various makers, P-G (57) £35/50 Illustrated
116.
Various makes: forty-three poultry and wildfowl and eight dogs, F-G (51) £30/40 Illustrated
117.
Various makes: twelve goats and twenty donkeys, P-G (32) £30/50 Illustrated
118.
Various makes: forty-two cows and twelve pigs, a Britains No. 3/9 box, P-F (54) £30/50 Illustrated
119.
Cows: thirty-nine cows and bulls, P-G (39) £40/50 Illustrated
120.
Britains plastic buildings: 4720 Livery Stable, 4724 National Bank and 4717 Ranch House; Bayko greenhouse; wood stable, farm building and a Minic garage (6) £50/100
121.
Britains: early 1980's vehicles: 9580 Animal Transporter, 9582 Flatbed Transporter 9595 Unimog Gritting Truck, 9583 Tipper Truck, 9512 Farm Land Rover and 9421 Jeep in original boxes, E, boxes, F-VG, some cellophane windows damaged (6) £35/50
122.
Britains: 9530 Deutz Tractor, 7177 Riding Set, 1743 Bales, 9518 Renault Tractor, 9565 Tipping Trailer, 9533 Low Loader, 9555 Animal Trailer, 9550 Fold-Up Cultivator, 9573 Chevy Farm Service Vehicle, 9579 Elevator, 9558 Eight-wheel trailer, 9551 Mini-Trailer, 9541 Potato Planter and 9539 Bale Transporter in originalb oxes, VG-E, boxes F-VG (14) £70/100
123.
Britains: 4709 Atcost Farm Builder Set, 9577 Seed Drill, 9531 Grass Mower, 9567 Chafer Sprayer, 9527 Fiat Tractor, 1716 Animal Pens, 9550 Fold-Up Cultivator, 9544 Seed Drill, 9537 Vari-Spreader, 9568 Manure Spreader, 9513 Sanderson Fork Lift, 9560 Vacuum Tanker, 9561 Cultivator Herse, 9552 Disc Harrow in original boxes, horse box, VG-E, boxes F-VG (15) £70/100
124.
Carbens and other makes: Pure Milk Cart, yellow cart (both incomplete), milk-float men, mongers and cart horses, P-G, two hounds (40) £40/50 Illustrated
125.
Charbens: two mongers carts, five ride carts, eight baskets and ten donkeys, F-G (17) £40/50 Illustrated
126.
Various makers: Simone & Rivolet horse-drawn carts, ten carts, three rollers, eight baskets, F-G, one overpainted (22) £60/100
127.
Britains: eight carts, two rakes, disc harrow, five various boxes, varying condition, some damage £60/80
128.
Various makes: Morestone milk cart; Charbens: cart with donkey, monger and two baskets, two Goat carts with riders, four goats; Metal Models cart, Hillco donkey P-G £50/60 Illustrated
129.
Taylor & Barrett: Llama cart ride with keeper and two child riders, Llama (and two other keepers), six carts, donkey, six baskets and T & B for Cetanco yellow and red milk float with Churn P-G £60/80 Illustrated
130.
Horses: thirty-four by various makers and three bulls, P-G (37) £40/60
131.
Britains: 9547 Hose Drum Irrigator, 9545 Roller, 9520 Massey-Ferguson Tractor, 9575 New Holland Combine Harvester, 9548 Flexicoil Packer, 9597 Mercedes-Benz Trac 1500, 9576 Corn King Combine harvester, 7160 Sheep Dip, 9526 Mercedes-Benz Tractor, 9800 eight Workmen, 9549 Roller and 9532 Baler in original boxes, VG-E, boxes G-E (12) £60/100
132.
Horses: thirty-eight cart horses by various makers, P-F (38) £40/80
133.
Horses: twenty cart horses by various makers, F-VG (20) £70/100 Illustrated
134.
Reynolds (H.R. Products): Treasure Island Series 'Famous Pirates - Fact and Fiction' Set, circa 1951 - Cutty Carver, Captain Hook, Black Jack (lacks Cutlass), Long John Silver and Wall-Eye Jim (lacks dagger), F-G, some chipping (5) :. literature Hollow-Cast Figures - N. Joplin, New Cavendish 1993 page 132 £40/60 Illustrated
135.
Britains: twenty British Infantry and steel helmets with gas masks, some from Set 1613, overall G, two incomplete (20) £70/100 Illustrated
136.
Britains: (from Set 1654) three Dwarfs, F (3) £40/50 Illustrated
137.
Taylor & Barrett: Roman Chariot with Charioteer and one (only) horse: three white and red Timpo Circus horses with baskets, F (9) £30/40 Illustrated
138.
Britains: 12h Gull on alabaster base with calendar, three smaller gulls, four chess pieces; two Benbros Mutch the Millers Son; Kew Dismal Desmond; brass charm P-G (13) £40/50 Illustrated
139.
Britains: four 80mm Highlanders, one 70mm Highlander, Lifeboatman 80mm; and Hillco black Lifeboatman 80mm, F-G (7) £35/50 Illustrated
140.
French figures: two 70mm officers and two sailors F-G (4) £25/35 Illustrated
141.
Britains: Three 1318 Machine Gunners in box and two Machine Gunners sitting, G, box G-VG £30/40 Illustrated
142.
Britains: from set 77 seven Gordon Highlanders and Piper, G-VG (8) £30/50 Illustrated
143.
Britains: from set 212 eight Royal Scots, F-G, some chipping (8) £40/50 Illustrated
144.
Britains Racing Colours: white horse with 'His Majesty The King' colours and fawn horse, F-G, one jockey's foot missing (2) £20/40 Illustrated
145.
Tinted figures: mounted guards tinted gold and other colours (18) £15/25
146.
Knights: various makers including Timpo Round Table green Lancer, Courtney, German and Britains, varying condition (33) £40/80 Illustrated
147.
Britains 'W' Series: six B model Highlanders; horse-team, generally F, some chipping £40/50 Illustrated
148.
St Johns Ambulance: Stretcher-bearers, doctors and two wounded soldiers, P-G, some overpainting (16) £20/30
149.
French 60mm figures: forty-five blue-coat infantry marching, lying and firing, three with gas masks and two canteen staff, P-F (45) £60/100
150.
Britains: six Highlander Pipers, G-VG £40/50 Illustrated
151.
French makes: various 60mm figures including arab on camel; playworn pieces (incomplete) and unpainted white metal castings, overall P £20/40
152.
Cowboys and Indians: forty-eight by various makers, P-G, some incomplete (48) £30/50
153.
Guards: forty-five, majority by Britains and Hill and a tinplate sentry box, P-G (46) £70/100 Illustrated
154.
Various makes: sixty-one various infantry including two wardens in gas masks, three (from set 1435) Italian Infantry in steel helmets, Yeomanry and thirteen cotton tents, P-G, some damage (74) £60/100
155.
Britains: thirty-four Guards, P-G, some damage (34) £60/80 Illustrated
156.
Field Guns: Britains 25 Pounder Howitzer with original orange and white card label, 1264 Naval Gun, two Waterloo Cannons, two guns; two grey Cannons with limbers and two small-scale cannons; empty boxes for Britains 1201 and Benbros 24, P-G (12) £40/60
157.
Britains: Liliput Series - winch lorry (for barrage baloon), three gas - cylinder packs; four anti-aircraft guns, searchlight on stand; Crescent Limber; grey wagons and lid from Britains 1726 box, P-G £40/50 Illustrated
158.
Britains military vehicles: 1642 Underslung Heavy Duty Lorry with electric Mounted Searchlight (lacks one door and driver), 1335 Six-Wheeled Army Lorry (lacks driver), two Beetle Lorries with drivers (both with some embellishment), Bren Gun Carrier with Driver, Gunner and Second Guard and Caterpillar Tractor (lacks figures), F-G (6) £200/300 Illustrated
159.
Wendal: mounted Life Guards Bugler; six aluminium mounted Horseguards and a troop (possibly Quiralu) G and F with some chipping (8) £30/50 Illustrated
160.
Various makes: Heyde Officer with sword on white horse; 75mm Fireman; Britains turk on horse; overpainted T&B table with chairs; Timpo composition pilot 58mm; sheep, crow, goat (mascot), celluloid seated figure; Elastolin Indian firing bow (lacks arrow), two telegraph poles, sign-posts, donkeys, horses and a ceramic hut; Blarney ebony pot, varying condition (36) £45/60
161.
Modern figures: Blenheim Models Royal Engineers Pontoon in original box; Corgi F07281 Mounted Lifeguard; Kingcast Royal Navy Field Gun Competition 1907 in original box and Home and Enemy Ramp; Bastion Ms. Christmas; two Clive Patmore Burlington Arcade Guards on bases; two Sleazy Couples in yellow lidded boxes; Silver Jubilee model; Britains - three Metal Models Indian Army; Baloon (400mm including suspended basket); fourteen figures; a diecast three-piece mounted guards band £50/100
162.
Various makes: twelve sailors, two anchors, P-F (14) £10/20
163.
Various makes: eighteen highlanders including five Britains (from set 213 Highland Light Infantry, P-F (18) £20/40
164.
45mm and 50mm scale: eighteen painted figures of infantry, two Indian soldiers, two civilians, some by Prigader (18) £30/50 Illustrated
165.
Various makers: thirty-three civilian figures including Brigians policemen, Crescent Telephone (kneeling) engineer, drivers and mongers, Ku-Zu cricketer, varying condition, P-G, some worn (33) £20/40 Illustrated
166.
Britains: 067 Garden Pond with statue and water Lily, VG £50/80 Illustrated
167.
Britains Garden: seven 624 Flint Wall (straight sections), four 063 Posts for Balustrading, seventeen Balustrading (short sections) and 061 Balustrading, F-G (29) £40/60 Illustrated
168.
Britains Garden: two 018 Interlaced Board Fence with Trellis, thirty red 059 Flower Pots with Saucers, 013 (part) Arch, 633 Stone Pillar, three 016 Round Tubs, four 047 Square Tubs, cart, cold frame, point-sign and nine 059 Seed Boxes, F-VG £40/50 Illustrated
169.
Britains Garden Flower Beds: five 01 Straight Sections, eight 03 Return Square Sections eighteen 06 Finishing Corner Sections, 065 Round Bed, 066 Square Bed, six small 048 sections, three 02 Finishing Circular Sections, cork lawn tiles and wood terrace-levelling blocks, overall G-VG, two P-F £60/100 Illustrated
170.
Britains Garden: eleven 015 Mounds, two 025 Poppies, four 040 Hyacinths, twelve 043 Snowdrops, ten Crocus and thirty-eight assorted flowers, F-G (77) £40/50
171.
King Cast: Artillery Sets P1 and P2 with box lids, E (2) £40/80
172.
Various makers: selection of garden items incluidng F.G. Taylor bridge and dovecote, Johillco wheelbarrow, Togga wheelbarrow, three loofah bushes, Elastolin cockerel, scarecrow, figures and bridges, P-G (50) £30/40
173.
Britains Garden: 057 and 058 Upper and Lower Rockery Steps, 056 Rocery Outer Corner, two 055 Rockery Inner Return Corners, Seven 07 Posts for Stone Walling, seventy-five 09 Crazy Paving Slabs and eight 012 Stone Walls, F-G (95) £60/100 Illustrated
174.
Britains Garden: Dovecote, four seats, roller, three sundials, ladder, three logs, border, hedge, five figures and wheelbarrow, F-VG (20) £60/100 Illustrated
175.
Britains flowers: one-hundred and nine 031 Antirrhinum, G (109) £50/100 Illustrated
176.
Britains flowers: one-hundred and five 034 Gladioli, G (105) £50/100 Illustrated
177.
Britains flowers: thirty-seven (three and four bloom) 026 Lupin, nine 030 Hollyhock, forty-six 046 Sweet Alyssum and seven 044 Daffodil, G (99) £60/100 Illustrated
178.
Britains flowers: forty-five (one and two bloom) 021 Geranium, twenty-four 041 tulips, seventeen 036 Foxglove and fourteen 037 Crysanthemum, G (100) £60/100 Illustrated
179.
Britains flowers: twenty-two 032 and 033 Dahlia, nineteen 045 Narcissus, twenty-five 029 Aster, fifteen 023 Conifer, ten 022 (three headed and four headed Torch Lily (red hot poker), five 039 Delphinium, eight 028 Bush Rose and three 038 Full Standard Rose, G (107) £60/100 Illustrated
180.
Britains and Hill: British Infantry including Motorcycle, Range Finder, Predictor/Operator, Height Finder, observers on reclined chairs, F-VG (16) £40/50 Illustrated
181.
Various makes: fifty-seven British Infantry, varying condition (57) £60/100
182.
Monarch (Johillco) Arbenz distributors: six Royal Army service Corps, two Royal Marines and six Khaki Malta regiment, overall G-VG, three arms missing (14) £60/80 Illustrated
183.
Britains: six Life Guards Trumpeters in state dress, P-F, one arm missing (6) £30/50 Illustrated
184.
Britains: three 190 Belgian Cavalry, two 9307 Sovereigns Standard Escorts, two Guards and four Life Guards in Winter Dress, F-G (11) £60/80 Illustrated
185.
Various: three painted white metal mounted officers; Timpo Mounted Guard; ten Britains mounted figures including 12th Royal Lancers, 7th Queens Own Hussars, 1st Kings Dragoons and Canada Trooper, P-VG (14) £60/100 Illustrated
186.
Britains: four Dragoon Guards and Six Horse Guards, F-G £50/70 Illustrated
187.
Britains: Set 28 Mountain Gun of The Royal Artillery, circa 1965, VG-E, one head detached (12) £50/60 Illustrated
188.
Britains: Duke of Connaughts Lancer (Bombay Lancer) in navy blue coat and (from set 1258) Knights In Armour Marshall (lacks plume) (2) £20/30 Illustrated
189.
Crescent: 809 Royal Artillery Territorials Team (lacks gun) (11) £30/50 Illustrated
190.
Zulus: three Hanks & Sutton (one arm missing); four Johillco; four Britains, F-G (11) £45/60 Illustrated
191.
Britains: Set 202 West Africa Togoland Warriors (dark finish) in original box and eleven (mid-dark finish), F-G, three bows missing, two detached, two missing bases, box P-F (18) £70/100 Illustrated
192.
Britains plastic Floral Garden: 2584 Pergola (Herald) Garden Shed, two Ponds, Fence panels, stone walls, rockery beds with rocks, three green houses, fifteen crazy-paving pieces, roller, beds, planters, two gardeners, flowers, seed-trays, chicken, two chairs, F-G £60/100
193.
Britains plastic Floral Garden: two 2569 sixteen pieces Crazy Paving in original boxes, three 2568 Garden lawns, 2572 Rock Pool, 2586 Fences, 2583 Stone Walls and Pillars, 2560 Brick Edging, 2547 Roses, 2546 Climbing Roses, 2536 Rock Plants, 2597 Garden Swing Couch in original boxes and Herald H2536 Assorted Rock Plants in original packet, E, boxes G-VG £70/100 Illustrated
194.
Timpo plastics: Knights in Armour, Cowboys, horse, wig-wam componants and spares (26) £30/40 Illustrated
195.
Plastics: one hundred and eighty-four by various makers including Airfix British Commanders, infantry, cavalry and six Brent Toy 'Elastolene' Soldiers, varied condition (184) £60/100
196.
Crescent plastics: Cavalry, infantry, arab and three knights (82) £40/50
197.
Cherilea and Lone-Star plastics: thirty-three cherilea including Knights, troops, pilot; sixty-nine Lone-Star including troops and King Arthur, varying condition (102) £35/50
198.
Britains and Herald: fifty plastic farm sereis including horses, poultry, fencing and figures; twenty-three cowboy and Indians Series including totem poles, raft, wigwam and figures, overall G (73) £40/50
199.
Britains and Herald plastics: highlanders, troops, Knights in armour, cavalry, military dinghy, guards, sentry boxes, H.407 Pikeman and others, varying condition (82) £50/60 Illustrated
200.
Britains 1292 Racing Cyclists 1962-1965: one standing, one resting, one sprinting, VG (3) £30/40 Illustrated
201.
German plastics: fifty-five by Elastolin and Merten - Romans, Tudors, Indian and troops, varying scales, overall G (55) £50/60 Illustrated
202.
Starlux plastics: fifty various serviceman, overall G (50) £40/50 Illustrated
203.
Various makers: three Britains 2058 Confederate Infantry with box, loose figures including Hill, chariots with horses, Crescent 704 box (only); assorted military vehciles, guns and artillery, P-F, majority overpainted £60/80
204.
Plastics: various subjects by Crescent, Herald and Tudor Rose includig space, cowboys and Indians, Robin Hood, varying condition, nine Elastolin (84) £40/50 Illustrated
205.
Lone Star plastics: fifty-six cowboys and Indians eighteen assorted figures including pirates and Romans, four diecast catapults, varying condition (68) £30/50
206.
Various makes: JoHillco/Cherilea kneeling Spaceman; six Britains guards; fifty-six timpo cowboys, Indians and Knights in armour, varying condition (63) £20/40 Illustrated
207.
Britains: three amels, one rider, overall G (4) £25/35 Illustrated
208.
Various makes: Timpo Queen Elizabeth on Horse in origianl box; twenty-nine farm animals and figures by different makers, P-G (30) £25/30
209.
Zoo animals: twenty-five by Cherilea, Taylor & Barrett and Barrett & Son, keeper, kiosk, turnstile and two railings, F-G (30) £40/50 Illustrated
210.
German Flats: sixty-eight Knights in armour, G (68) £30/40 Illustrated
211.
German Flats: one-hundred and ninety-eight including infantry, arab, cannons and racehorse, F-VG (198) £50/100 Illustrated
212.
German Flats: one-hundred and eighty-seven various infantry, equestrian and on foot, F-VG (187) £50/100 Illustrated
213.
German Flats: one-hundred and ninety-one various infantry, equestrian and on foot, F-VG (191) £50/100 Illustrated
214.
Timpo Quentin Durward Historical Figures: HF 506 William De La Marck (standing) with sword, HF 507 Gluckmeister (standing) with red bow in original boxes and Philip de Creville with sword, VG-E, boxes G-VG (3) £30/50 Illustrated
215.
Timpo: nine Knights of The Round Table, F-G (9) £35/50 Illustrated
216.
Plastics: selection of cowboys and Indians by various makers including Timpo, Herald, Leyal, Hilco, Crescent, Tudor Rose and Lone Star, P-G (144) including separate horses and riders £35/50
217.
Plastics: Knights in armour by various makers, some mounted including Crescent, Lone Star and Timpo; five Herald Robin Hood characters, F-G, some small parts missing (41) £35/50 Illustrated
218.
Timpo: ten mounted Knights in Armour, majority with jousting poles, generally F (10) £45/60 Illustrated
219.
Mounted Knights: nine by various makers including Cherilea overall G (9) £40/50 Illustrated
220.
Timpo: plastics - 2000 Mounted Cowboy in original colour box and KN 41 Mounted Roman in plain card box; and twenty Knights in armour, mainly Timpo, varying condition (22) £30/40
221.
Plastics: one-hundred and forty-two military, guards and motorcycles by various makers including Crescent, Lone Star, Timpo, Hilco and Herald, overall G (142) including separate riders £35/50
222.
Cowboys and Indians: twenty-two by various makers including Britains and Timpo; three spare riders, P-VG (25) £30/35 Illustrated
223.
Various makes: two Crescent mounted guards, various African infantry, British infantry and Britains odds, F-G, some P (29) £20/30 Illustrated
224.
Cherilea: 15th Century Mounted Knight with shield and helmet (lacks pole and one riders foot) in original red and purple box and 365 Mounted Knight with helmet and shield (lacks pole, one horse leg fractured) in original plain card box with tissue wrap, G-VG, boxes G (2) £30/50 Illustrated
225.
Military vehicles: Britains 1292 Field Gun in original box; Merit Field Gun (two shells) in original box (elastic band perished); two Tudor Rose armoured card; Lone Star Armoured Car, E, boxes G-VG (5) £30/50 Illustrated
226.
Britains: five Mounted Lifeguards in a Britains box, VG, box P-F (5) £50/70 Illustrated
227.
Britains mounted Hussars: three 4th Hussars and one 11th Hussar in Britains box, VG, box P-F (4) £45/60 Illustrated
228.
Britains: (from Set 74) The Royal Welch Fusiliers - eleven and Goat Mascot with original box, VG-E, box P-F, end label detached (12) £60/100 Illustrated
229.
Various makers: three Britains Mounted Royal Scots Greys, five various guards, Searchlight on Trailer; twenty-one playworn figures and a stretcher, S & P guards box, P-E (30) £45/60 Illustrated
230.
Britains: (from Set 11) The Black Watch - eight charging, two Piprs in original box, VG-E, one base detached, box P-F (10) £60/70 Illustrated
231.
Britains: (from Set 35) six Royal Marines (Marching at The Slope in Britains box, G-E, one with minor chipping and lacking finial, box P-F (6) £50/70 Illustrated
232.
Britains: (from Set 312) seven Grenadier Guards in grey Winter Overcoats in Britains box, VG-E, box P-F (7) £50/70 Illustrated
233.
Britains: (from Set 1349) four Royal Canadian Mounted POlice in Regulation Summer Dress in Britains box, G-E, box F (4) £40/60 Illustrated
234.
Britains: (from Set 2089) six Gloucestershire Regiment Marching at The slope in No.1 Dress in original box with inner card, VG-E, box F (6) £50/60 Illustrated
235.
Britains: 2001 Black Beauty in original window box, E, box G £20/30 Illustrated
236.
Britains Herald Series: five Cowboys with 'Dead Man's Gluch' sign in original window box, E-M, box E £20/30 Illustrated
237.
Cherilea: One Dozen Assorted Zoo Animals in original colour shop retailers' one-dozen Trade Box with two 'retail price 9d' applied labels, with tissue wraps (12) £20/30 Illustrated

New toy soldiers collection

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It is a pleasure for us to introduce the web page of Astur Toys painting and sculpting studio.

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We are inaugurating this virtual site with our own new range of Toy Soldiers. Once the edition is finished the moulds are destroyed, so that the pieces acquire a market value.

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Ref: ET01 “Asedio a la Villa medieval de Gijón, 1395”
1/32 -54mm ,Resin Kit - LIMITED EDITION TO 75 COPIES
Mesures19cm high X 16cm long X 8cm wide
Modeled by Marco Navas
Included 5 figures and casttle, Incluye 5 figuras con el escenario del castillo, certificado de autenticidad firmado por el autor de la obra Marco Navas, 2 marcalibros exclusivos y se presenta en caja a color estilo retro.

Delivery time of 4 weeks to 8

A Scottish Regiment

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A Scottish regiment is any regiment (or similar military unit) that at some time in its history has or had a name that referred to Scotland or some part, thereof, and adopted items of Scottish dress. These regiments were and are usually a product of the British Empire, either directly serving the United Kingdom, serving as colonial troops, or later as part of Commonwealth country military establishments. Their "Scottishness" is not necessarily due to recruitment in Scotland nor any proportion of members of Scottish ancestry. Traditionally, Scottish regiments cultivate a reputation of exceptional fierceness in combat and are often given romantic portrayals in popular media. Within Scotland, itself, regiments of the Scottish Lowlands did not adopt as strong a "Scottish" (specifically Highland Scottish) character until the late Victorian Era.

Highland Regiments

Many of these regiments are also known as "Highland regiments" or "Highland Scottish/Scot/Scots regiments" due to their adopting of Highland Scottish apparel. Many extant Highland regiments that are not in the armed forces of the United Kingdom have formed formal honorary affiliations with Highland regiments therein.

Scottish Regiments of the British Army

Current Regiments
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Scots Guards
Royal Regiment of Scotland

Lowland Line Infantry (Lowland Brigade)
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (1633-2006)
The Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678 - 1959)
The King's Own Scottish Borderers (1689 - 2006)
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1881 - 1968)
52nd Lowland Regiment

Highland Line Infantry (Highland Brigade)
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (1725 - 2006)
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) (1881 - 1959)
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (1881 - 1961)
The Gordon Highlanders (1881 - 1994)
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1793 - 1961)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) (1881 - 2006)
51st Highland Volunteers

Yeomanry of Scotland
Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
Lothian and Border Horse
Lanarkshire Yeomanry
Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse
Lovat Scouts
Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry
Scottish Yeomanry

Scottish and Highland Regiments in other countries

Australia
5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment (Victorian Scottish Regiment)
10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment (Boothby and South Australian Scottish Regiment)
16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment (Cameron Highlanders)
41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment (Byron Scottish Regiment)

Canada
1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish)
48th Highlanders of Canada
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
The Calgary Highlanders
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
The Essex and Kent Scottish
The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
The Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)

South Africa
Pretoria Highlanders
Transvaal Scottish Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders Regiment
First City Regiment

United States
79th New York Volunteer Infantry

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_regiment"

Many of these regiments are represented in the Soldiers’ Soldiers range.

Highland Regiments

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The following 43 pages are in WIKIPEDIA FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA

48th Highlanders of Canada
51st Highland Volunteers
71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot
71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders
72nd Regiment of Foot
73rd Regiment of Foot
77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders)
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
78th Fraser Highlanders
79th New York Volunteer Infantry
84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
93rd Regiment of Foot
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Atholl Highlanders
Black Watch
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
The Calgary Highlanders
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Cape Breton Highlanders
Cape Town Highlanders t
Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot
Gordon Highlanders
Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
Lonach Highlanders
Lovat Scouts
Military of Scotland
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Nova Scotia Highlanders
The Pictou Highlanders
Pretoria Highlanders
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
Royal Regiment of Scotland
Scottish Horse
Scottish regiment
Seaforth Highlanders
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

British Army Cavalry and Infantry Regimental list

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This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.

Source WIKIPEDIA FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Most of the uniforms worn by these regiments are represented in the Soldiers’ Soldiers range.

Boxer Rebellion

2009-05-19T08:27:00.000Z

The Boxer Rebellion, more properly called the Boxer Uprising, or the "Righteous Harmony Society Movement" in Chinese, was a violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian movement by the "Righteous Fists of Harmony,” or Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in China (known as "Boxers" in English), between 1898 and 1901. In response to imperialist expansion, growth of cosmopolitan influences, and missionary evangelism, and against the backdrop of state fiscal crisis and natural disasters, local organizations began to emerge in Shandong in 1898. At first, they were relentlessly suppressed by the Qing Dynasty (also known as the Manchu Dynasty). Later, the Qing dynasty tried to expel western influence from China. Under the slogan "Support the Qing, destroy the foreign", Boxers across North China attacked mission compounds. They killed missionaries and Chinese Christians.

In June 1900, Boxer fighters, lightly armed or unarmed, gathered in Beijing to besiege the foreign embassies. On June 21, the conservative faction of the Imperial Court induced the Empress Dowager, who ruled in the emperor’s name, to declare war on the foreign powers that had diplomatic representation in Beijing. Diplomats, foreign civilians, soldiers and some Chinese Christians retreated to the Legation Quarter where they held out for fifty-five days until the Eight-Nation Alliance brought 20,000 troops to their rescue.

The Boxer Protocol of September 7, 1901 ended the uprising and provided for severe punishments, including an indemnity of 67 million pounds.

The Qing Dynasty was greatly weakened, and was eventually overthrown by the 1911 revolution, which led to the establishment of the Chinese Republic. Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia

A film "55 Days at Peking" was made in 1962 with Charlton Heston, David Niven and Ava Gardner, it was the first united nations action.

The Boxer movement started to spiral out of control and massacres of Chinese Christians began, along with anti Western riots and destruction of foreign property. At the end of May a riot in Pao Ting Fu lead to the death of two British missionaries, the Western Diplomats in Peking gave the Chinese 24 hours to put down the Boxers or they would use force themselves calling up troops from the foreign enclaves on the coast. Riots and acts of sabotage cut the railway and telegraph lines and the Western powers ordered their troops to move up to Peking before the Chinese gave their answer. After some delay by the Chinese the Western troops finally advanced in-country on 31st May 1900, with 340 marines entering the foreign legation quarter that night with another 90 troops arriving 4 days later. These would be the last reinforcements the Western compounds would receive in Peking until the siege by the Boxer forces was lifted on 14th August.

On 9th June the Boxers burned down the Racecourse, the first attack on western property in Peking, The British minister Sir Claude MacDonald immediately requested a British relief force be sent. Telegraph lines were soon cut and mail stopped - it was clear that the Western delegations would be the next target, Chinese Imperial troops were seen openly aiding the Boxers and on the 11th the Japanese Chancellor of the legation was murdered. Chinese Christians and westerners now sought refuge in the two remaining western areas of Peking, the Legation quarter and the Pei T’ang Cathedral. On the 16th the Boxers set a fire and destroyed over 4,000 shops which dealt with westerners. On the 19th the ministers received an ultimatum for all foreigners to evacuate the city in 24 hours or their safety could not be guaranteed. The ministers refused to move and requested an audience with the Chinese foreign office. When no reply was forth coming the German foreign minister set out for the Chinese Foreign office, was stopped and murdered by Chinese Imperial troops. At 4pm on 20th June Chinese forces opened fire on the Legation and the Siege of Peking had begun. Within the Legation quarters were troops from Austria-Hungary, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States, totaling about 400 men and officers, plus 75 ex military volunteers and 50 civilians who called themselves Thornhill’s Roughs armed with a variety of hunting weapons and nicknamed the Carving Knife Brigade because of the kitchen knives they used as bayonets. At the Cathedral there were just over 40 French and Italian troops. The defenders fought bravely and were highly organised with committees dealing with everything from food to sanitation - no one was without a job. Sporadic fighting took place including the Chinese use of mines to destroy some legations with the 7th Rajputs and British General Gaselee finally lifted the siege on 14th August. The Cathedral was also the site of fierce fighting but the skill of the defenders held out against almost 2000 Boxers including one volley of 58 rounds which killed 43 Boxers, although many children died in the Chinese mine attacks on the Cathedral including one group of 66 children in the care of the nuns.

The relief expedition under Admiral Seymour had expected to be in Peking within a day of leaving and only packed rations for 3 days despite having 100 miles of railway across hostile countryside to travel on. Boxer attacks and destruction of the tracks led to delay after delay and finally the Force decided to halt at Hsiku when they discovered they had captured a Chinese army depot with food and supplies. They were met by a force of Cossacks on the 26th June. Other allied operations were carried out against the forts at Taku with the Chinese laying siege to Tientsin. The Chinese officially declared war against the allies on 21st June. 10,000 Imperial troops surrounded Tientsin where they faced 2,400 western troops but the defenders had the advantage of good defences planned by a young American engineer, the future president Herbert Hoover. Various serious assaults on the Western positions were beaten back and finally aid was summoned by an Englishman James Watts and three Cossacks escaping the besiegers to get to Taku and the Western forces there. The Western forces then believed reports of a massacre in Peking so felt in no rush to liberate the city. It came as a surprise when a messenger made it through to the Allies in late July informing them that the Legations still held, meanwhile a huge International force under the command of General Albrecht Graf Von Waldersee was on its way but would arrive too late to see much action. www.historyofwar.org

A film on the taking of the Taku Forts, 1850’s, also in China, was made in the 70's by the BBC, and John Tunstill produced specially made 25mm Chinese warriors in his Lambeth workshop. The allied troops were a selection of standard castings which were in production at the time. The film was an "animated" record of hundreds of Chinese troops moving within the fort, and British red-coats advancing across the mud flats to attack. The film crew used stop motion, frame by frame, exposures to record the figures, who were then moved a centimetre, and re-photographed. When viewed at normal speed these individual frames gave the impression of movement. Cannons and crews were "blown-up" by using small explosive charges, and battlefield smoke was provided by Players cigarettes. A 35mm film exists of this programme.

AFRICAN SOLDIERS? DO YOU KNOW?

2009-05-13T08:11:00.000Z

Can you tell me who the maker is and the names of these soldiers? I have 8 of them and don't know what to call them.

Thanks, Cindy

Cindy

Made in the 1970's by SAE (Swedish African Engineers) at their factory in Ireland. They are West African soldiers, often called Askaris, and served in the colonial armies probably prior to WW1. These are probably French, but could be Belgian or even German units. I don't recognise the uniforms.

Best wishes

John Tunstill

Calling all British and Commonwealth Expats in Italy

2009-05-07T12:35:00.004Z

The Italy Star Association – a thriving association of British Commonwealth service veterans who served during the Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia and other Mediterranean region campaigns of World War Two. They are planning a major event in late Autumn to be held in central Rome. Provisionally Saturday the 28th November, though this has still to be finalised..

With support already coming in from Milan, Umbria and Rome, the organisers would like to invite all British and Commonwealth Ex Pats to get involved and come along and enjoy the day. What is planned will not be a militaly or political event but an annual oportunity for people living here to get- together, socialise and also show their appreciation to their Italian hosts.

Further information can be obtained by contacting harryshindler@libero.it

The Last Escape

2009-04-30T16:01:00.003Z

A British World War II veteran whose efforts to help prisoners escape from a Nazi camp was immortalised in the film "The Great Escape" has died aged 97, it was announced Wednesday.

Alex Lees was a prisoner at the infamous Stalag Luft III camp in March 1944 when scores of Allied servicemen escaped through tunnels they had dug by hand.

Lees was a gardener at the camp who helped dig the tunnels, but because he was not an officer he was not given the chance to escape himself.

He used an ingenious system to dispose of the soil from the three tunnels, storing it in a bag hidden under his trousers and then dumping it on the camp's vegetable garden.

The story of Lees and his comrades was made into the 1963 film starring Steve McQueen.

The servicemen painstakingly dug three tunnels -- called Tom, Dick and Harry -- around 10 metres (33 feet) underground, using tools made from tin cans. The tunnels' walls were supported with wood scavenged taken from camp beds and old furniture.

The men launched their escape on March 24, 1944. Seventy-six managed to flee Stalag Luft III before the plot was uncovered -- but only three made it back to Britain.
A total of 23 were recaptured and sent back to camp, and the remaining 50 were executed.

Lees praised the filmmakers for producing an accurate version of events, telling the Paisley Daily Express newspaper: "It was just the way it was portrayed in 'The Great Escape' movie.

"I had been given the job of looking after the garden and I would take the dirt out to the vegetable patch, rake away the top soil, dump the earth and then cover it back up.

"The German guards never suspected a thing."

Lees, who spent his final years in a home for former servicemen in Erskine near Glasgow, was cremated on Wednesday.

Model Ghurkas (2)

2009-04-24T10:31:00.000Z

Alfred

Two more Ghurka sets

John

"NEW RELEASE"!!

2009-04-23T14:28:00.000Z

ANNOUNCING THE LASTEST FIGURE SET FROM TSSD = "PLAINS INDIAN WARRIORS"!( FIGURE SET # 13 )

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THESE ARE DUE TO ARRIVE ANY DAY SO WE ARE GIVING A "HEADS UP" TO SELECTCUSTOMERS TO ORDER NOW FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY AT ARRIVAL.

12 NEW FIGURES IN 6 POSES, SOFT PLASTIC, 55mm FROM HEAD TO FOOT, "BUCKSKIN"BAGGED WITH HEADER CARD: $ 16.00

ALSO COMING - DUE IN LATE SUMMER:

FIGURE SET # 14 "PLAINS INDIAN WARRIORS" ( series II )

FIGURE SET # 15 "DISMOUNTED CAVALRY" ( for Indian Wars and The Civil War )

TSSD PLAYSET "CUSTER'S LAST STAND" (debut at the Chicago Show in September)

FIGURE SET # 16 "MOUNTED INDIANS" ( due out at Christmas )

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Model Ghurkas

2009-04-23T10:18:00.000Z

Do you have any model Ghurkas please? Preferably painted.

Many thanks, Alfred.

Alfred

See www.soldierssoldiers.com/Soldiers' Soldiers/About/Boxed sets and
Individual figures
see Nos 282, 282a, 283 & 284

2 photos attached, couple more to follow

Prices, individual figures € 6.00 + p.p&i
box of 8 figures € 58.00 " regular figures,
and €75.00 for the "Count's" boxes, with an "a" suffix
box of 16 " € not currently available

for pricing and identification see Soldiers' Soldiers/About/valuation and
identification.

Best wishes

John Tunstill

11th Hussars, Prince Albert's Own

2009-04-12T11:11:00.002Z

Please could you give me an indication of price? I have also asked Bonhams as they have a forthcoming sale…….

Kind regards

Paul Granger

If you look under the bases you'll see that most of the figures are not Britains, therefore the set is not complete.

Maybe £ 40 - £ 60

John Tunstill

Southlands miniatures

2009-04-12T10:57:00.002Z

Hello, my name is Federico Colucci and I am the sales maneger for South Lands Miniatures. South lands is new miniatures company located in Buenos Aires Argentina. Our firs line, call, “The Grattan Massacre” and is focus in one of the earlyst confrontation betweenn native americans and U.S. soldiers.

The Grattan Massacre took place on August 19, 1854. It occurred east of Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory, USA, when thirty U.S. soldiers, led by Second Lieutenant John Lawrence Grattan (a recent military graduate with no Indian experience)and a civilian were killed by Oglala and Brulé Lakota (Sioux) after one of the soldiers had shot their Chief Conquering Bear in the back. It was an early and significant event in the plains Indian Wars ending the peace between the Laramie soldier fort and the surrounding Sioux tribes.

The “Grattan Massacre” line will consist of 20 figures, all handmade in our workshop located in Buenos Aires.
Here are some photos of the miniatures, for more information about South lands and the minatures you can check our blog at www.sl-miniatures.blogspot.com .

Thanks you for your time and if you are interested in our products or if you have any questions, please, send us a mail.

Federico Colucci

Royal Tank Regiment, North Africa, 1942

2009-04-07T13:51:00.000Z

Dear John

Thanks very much for your reply, and the photo of your father. As a matter of fact, I was enquiring not because I had a relative in the regiment, but because my father, Richard Stone, who was a photographer for the Ministry of Information, did the photographs for a photostory about the birth of a soldier's son at Southmead Hospital, in Bristol, in September 1942, which was subsequently published in 'Parade' magazine. It was on this assignment that my father met my mother, Margaret Dyer, who was the sister in charge of the maternity ward at the time!

The story was about the birth of Peter Winston Stacey, whose father was Trooper Cyril Wilfred Bertram Stacey, who was in North Africa in the Royal Tank Regiment at the time. My father's photos are now catalogued on line in the Imperial War Museum Collections - the Birth of a Soldier's Son series are photos D10433 to D10465 in the collection. However, we do not have a copy of the actual publication in the family, which would be nice for obvious sentimental reasons.

There were also some pics taken of the baby's father in North Africa, hearing the news about the birth on the radio phone. However, I don't know who took these or their serial numbers - but they are in the IWM. They also featured in the 'Parade' piece.

Just letting you know all this as I thought it may be of interest.

all the best

Isabella

Permissions request re Miniature Warfare

2009-03-11T10:55:00.000Z

John, in addition to the three figure identification blogs listed below, I am now thinking of adding a fourth on Vintage Wargaming.

The idea would be for it to be about Old Wargaming and I would like to use old articles, photographs, adverts, figure reviews etc from old publications. Among the magazines I have are a complete run of Miniature Warfare and I was wondering whether you would give me permission to use material from it on the blog (particularly some of the photographs). There would be no commercial aspect to this at all, no subscription, no advertising etc (except from the 1970s, if you see what I mean). Sources would be acknowledged.

The idea really is to make some of the ephemera which can be hard to find accessible to a wider range of people – there has been considerable interest in information from old catalogues for example, and posts on Triang rubber buildings and Merit plastic trees and scenic accessories on the blog have generated a lot of interest.

Would you be willing to let me use material from Miniature Warfare in this way? I think there would be a lot of interest in it.

http://findthatfigure.blogspot.com/
http://minifigssrange.blogspot.com/
http://theoldmetaldetector.blogspot.com/

Regards

Clive Smithers

Del Prado Collection For Sale

2009-02-24T10:24:00.002Z

Complete set of del Prado lead soldiers making up the Battle Of Waterloo - there are over 250 pieces.

There are approximately: 160 footsoldiers plus 6 fallen 100 mounted soldiers 9 canon.

It is in excellent condition apart from about 10 soldiers that have lost a sword or an arm (the bits are with the collection) and one canon has a wheel off.

Offers to Doug Kennedy 0044-1844 290602. Email dgkennedy@alloverde.com

I Presepi

2008-11-25T16:49:00.000Z

The Christmas Nativity is a big part of Christmas, the local schools’ display, the miniature version in the local department store or large public displays in town centres the world over. Although not started by St Francis, it was popularised by him, when in 1223 he set up a living nativity in the caves of Graccio, Umbria. It featured people and animals who depicted the birth of Christ and it was said that the site was responsible for a number of miracles not long after this event.

During the Renaissance, craftsmen in Val Gardeno, a small valley in the Dolemite mountains began crafting and painting model figures of the nativity, the presepi, in the local stone. These would be brought out and displayed during the festive season and as word spread, people came from far and wide to see the annual exhibition of their work.

400 years later and the “Presepi” - the cribs as they are known in Italian, have now become a popular attraction, interest and hobby the world over. Although nowhere greater than their native Italy. These dioramas are made from a wide variety of materials, in Sicily they use coral, mother of pearl and bone, while wood, stone and clay are preferred in other regions. The most sought after Presepi are those from Naples where in the 18th century a flourishing trade developed producing the little models for the local gentry. Via S. Gregorio Armeno in Naples is still the most concentrated area in the world for the production of the figures.

While initially representations included the manger with baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, shepherds and wise men, artists quickly added their own interpretations. Today you can add boxes of fruit and veg, joints of meat and fish, flagons of wine and trays of bread, a wide variety of buildings, outhouses and stables. In fact with enough money and space you could conceivable recreate Bethlehem itself.

During the Christmas season there a number of exhibitions of the “Presepi” art, fairs where you can start your own collection and re-enactments of the “living nativity”. The most popular being in Assisi where 60 to 70 locals in period costume and featuring many live animals recreate Christ’s birth. Other living scenes can be visited at Voteranno and Celaba, in the Upper Tiber Valley, while the Cathedral in Citta di Castello hosts the 9th annual Napoletani Presepi Exhibition with collections from all over Italy and Latin America.