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yes i know, he mix up the countrys a little bit (Germany-austria). Anyway they are great fun for researching and photographing: First i was thinking there was only the Kaiser and some random cavarly riders but than i see they are different uniforms and probably they were made based on...

i receive an answer from USA, from a man who owned an auction house where he have montly auctions, he say: Hello Ales, Your figures are made by a company called Wollner. German circa 1910. The carriage is good but is in need of repair. There is a group of Staff Officer with the Kaiser...

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is anyone collect those figurines? I can sale some of them to you or trade for others if not i will probably put them on Ebay or some other website or to a local museum. So if anyone is interested contact me before is to late.

hello here is the link from the auction: https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/8682718/ As you can see this is an serious auction house, one of the oldest in the world, they start with auction more than 300 years ago, they have many experst working for them,....anyway i do not even know what i buy...

Thank you for your informations, but you are wrong in one thing: -there is no flats in the wooden box. ALL of the figures are the same as the ones you see (cavalrymen,...) they are just a few pieces taken outside from the wooden box, the rest are the same (no flats) only staying in th ewooden...

well i was thinking in lead or zink in general....if i play with the toy soldiers, touch them, maybe some paint stay in the fingers i touch my face or i breat the same air as the toy soldiers are exposed,...stuff like that, of course i will not chew them...i read that lead is a health...

here are some photos from the auction website, that is why they are smaller size (at their website it can be zoomed):

They are not home made painted soviet from 1970. They are what i say they are (around 1900, probably austrian or german) because they represent austrian Empire (black and yellow flag) uniforms,....if they are made in austrian empire, than they are from period 1804-1867 but if they are made after...

I have a few questions regarding vintage toy soldiers made around 1900: -first of all, are they safe? Because of the lead paint,...they are made from zink....painted,....is it safe to touch them, to have them in the room (breathing the same air,...) or is it better if they are behind glass or...