Louis Badolato
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Thanks Jason, appreciate it.
In 1996 King & Country issued four medieval standard bearers for the Palio Races in Sienna (produced upon a commission from Toy Soldier Magazine). I have three of them but one is buried too deep in a cabinet to take out for a photo.
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Interestingly, Andy tells a different story of the origin of these figures, despite the add in Toy Soldier Magazine indicating these figures were created on a commission for them. Andy told me that originally, there was an Italian dealer who commissioned these figures, but he went out of business after taking the initial delivery. Apparently Andy was then approached by Toy Soldier Magazine, and passed the remaining figures along to them.
Larry Lo and I found an Italian ebay seller, a woman, who sold us a bunch of these figures, indicating they came from her Uncles' estate. Perhaps her uncle was the original dealer Andy was talking about.