Seen some similar in Europe specifically in Prague but can’t help you with these not a maker I know. George may have a clue since he has a ton of guys in this scale.
Given the scale, I suspect they were made for wargamers. I also suspect, from the font used in the marks, that they were made in Germany. I can ask in the German forums I belong to.
A web search on "hauck zinnfiguren", however, turned up what may be our first clue. The site "Zinnfiguren-Bleifiguren", maintained by Herr Bernhard Schwarz, contains a list of the names of makers and vendors:
There is a Louis Hauck listed, with Berlin as his home or location of business. Herr Schwarz has compiled histories of many of the makers in his list; those makers are indicated with a red arrow in the list. Unfortunately, Hauck is not one of them.
There was a Dr. Hauck from Birkenheid who made 30mm solid around 1975 and presented them in Kulmbach ( armies of Frederic the Great )
source The World Encyclopedia of Model Soldiers J Garrat 1981
I got a reply from Franz Josef in the Figure-Mad Forum, who recognized the figures. He writes,
"My passion for collecting toy soldiers began in the early 80s with the tin figures from Hilde Hauck in Maxdorf. They were 30mm fully round figures, in the following themes:
Seven Years' War-infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and staff
German Empire, 1900-1915-parade figures and musicians
Third Reich 1935-1939, parade figures and musicians of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, navy, and Panzer arm."
Franz Josef added that he has a text catalog from Hauck as well. He regrets that he doesn't know if Hauck is still in business. From my searches, I suspect that it is not.
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