Recent content by Kevin_mc

Brad, Dave, everyone, A great many thanks. I have been going through images online of various German collections, and my sense is that you gentlemen are very probably correct that much of this collection is of German manufacture. You have saved me a lot of time and trouble, and I am very...

Certainly! Looks like along with the carriage were the various and sundry pieces that were not soldiers... civilians and livestock. My neighbor believes they were from some other set of toys... The carriage is ostensibly the Japanese emperor's carriage, however the Chrysanthemum on the side...

Re: Toy soldiers from Tokyo in the 30's To His Excellency, The Baron. Sir, I apologize for my delay in reply! The exigencies of the family life combined with my technical clumsiness and sloth prevented me from a more rapid response... Once again a great many thanks for the trove of...

Re: Toy soldiers from Tokyo in the 30's Mr. James, Thank you so very much for your kind, thorough, and extremely informative response. I'm amazed. I managed to get a couple photos of the only original box she has, as most of the soldiers are stored in old cookie tins... However I have not...

Hello, I'm throwing myself upon the mercy of the forum in the hope of finding some help with general identification of lot of about 200 vintage painted soldiers here in Tokyo. I'm not a collector, not yet anyway. That said I am a U.S. Army veteran and these strike a chord for sure. The...