The Great Hotel ID Project (1 Viewer)

[DavidChristCollection]

So, work sends me out of town and I'm holed up in a hotel 100 miles from home. What do I do with all this free time? Try to put a good dent in identifying what's left of the unidentified soldiers in this collection. Thanks to Boerboy for helping me knock out a good chunk of this. But, there's stragglers that we were not able to ID, or got overlooked either in presentation or explanation. Any insight you guys can provide is greatly appreciated. I'm trying to get this all done before the MFCA show in May. I'll be setting up as a vendor to find new homes for my father-in-law's prized treasures. Stop by the table to say hi if you're going to the event. But, for now, and without further ado, here's the first group of chaps running around my hotel room without a name to call their own.

 

[Louis Badolato]

I can't identify any of the others, but these two mess cooks (Master Gyppos) are by Heco Tinplate Models/A.W. Military Figures:

 

[DavidChristCollection]

Part II .... I was having a hard time with the natives carrying the bloke on the chair. The whole set was in a Fusilier box. But, as I have learned, what's on the box doesn't necessarily represent what's in the box. Interpreting Dave's handwriting presented its own challenges as well at times. I found more figures in the same style and believe most of these are Imperial. Am I close? And, what do I make of the seated chaps, the Germans and the US Marines?

 

[TheDurbarMan]

Hi, the 5 seated figures look like they are by Caberfeidh Miniatures of Scotland, from a set called Dinner in the Officers Mess.

 

[DavidChristCollection]

Hi, the 5 seated figures look like they are by Caberfeidh Miniatures of Scotland, from a set called Dinner in the Officers Mess.

Just at Christmas to that set name and you nailed it. Thank you.

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