who are they?

[jai]

At the Historical Museum of the Cavalry of Pinerolo (town near Turin, Italy) are exposed hundreds of soldiers [about 65,000 pieces] among these I dwelt on the soldiers curious dishes with three-dimensional effect in large scale ....

those who recognize them, know who produced them etc ... thank

(sorry for my english)

 

[jai]

many visits ... no ideas?

 

[billyturnip]

I am afraid I haven't but still looking.

 

[jai]

thank

 

[billyturnip]

I have a feeling they maybe one of a kind scratchbuilt/homemade figures as opposed to commercial figures.

 

[Mirofsoft]

Sometime, they are even figs outside the museum

 

[Nap]

Jai

Certainly not seen these before , definately mounted band of lancers of course but gave you asked tge museum for setails ..they should know more ?

Good hunting

Nap

 

[billyturnip]

You could also try contacting the Plassenburg Zinnfiguren Museum at Kulmbach.

http://plassenburg.de/de/die-museen/deutsches-zinnfigurenmuseum

 

[jai]

I have a feeling they maybe one of a kind scratchbuilt/homemade figures as opposed to commercial figures.

I do not think are homemade ...

I think they are starting 1900, perhaps the last 1800 years

 

[jai]

Sometime, they are even figs outside the museum

ahahahahahahaa....

you who collect material for a number of years you have no idea?

 

[jai]

Jai

Certainly not seen these before , definately mounted band of lancers of course but gave you asked tge museum for setails ..they should know more ?

Good hunting

Nap

I have not asked.

the soldiers arrive from some donations, are about 65,000 pieces that are exhibited in rotation and only in very few cases there is a caption of the pieces.

thank

 

[jai]

You could also try contacting the Plassenburg Zinnfiguren Museum at Kulmbach.

http://plassenburg.de/de/die-museen/deutsches-zinnfigurenmuseum

thanks ... I can try

 

[theBaron]

They're not home-made, they were commercially available in Germany at one time, at least before the First World War, and probably after and up to the defeat and collapse in 1945. I have seen these in one of my books on toy soldiers, maybe Massimo Alberini's book. These figures consist of flat front and back pieces, soldered to a cylinder as the body. I will check my references tonight when I get home, to see if I can provide more info.

Prost!
Brad

 

[theBaron]

Maybe it is in Alberini's book--he was from Turin, wasn't he? In any case, I'll look through my archives tonight.

 

[billyturnip]

Well done Brad, sounds like you could be on the right track with the Turin connection.

 

[jai]

Maybe it is in Alberini's book--he was from Turin, wasn't he? In any case, I'll look through my archives tonight.

THANKS, IT'S VERY KIND OF YOU

 

[theBaron]

I found them! I knew I had seen these before, and it was in Hans Henning Roer's "Old German Toy Soldiers." They were made by Haffner of Nürnberg, around 1890. According to Roer, they were nicknamed, “Röhrenottos”, because of the tube used to form the body. The flat pieces were soldered to the tube. On page 131, there is a photograph of four of these figures, depicting Prussian Uhlans—two troopers, a trumpeter and a Standartenträger. The ones in the photo from the museum in Pinerolo depict Bavarian Uhlans, as we can see from the card in the display. Roer noted that there is no extant catalog from Haffner, but it’s a good probability that they made others, of other units as well.

Thanks for sharing the photo and for the puzzle! I like solving a good mystery.

Prost!

Brad

 

[billyturnip]

Well done Brad!!!

 

[jai]

I'm grateful infinitely.

I was sure that the puzzle would be solved.

Thank you again

 

[jai]

found photos of old pieces and even a current production ... when you know the name of everything is easier http://ettlinger-zinnfiguren.de/pdf/Katalog.pdf