Domestic animals and birds, wild animals
and birds, all the bases are covered! The rhino; who I remembered to be
smoother and cleaner 'of line', actually looks more like Albrecht Dürer's interpretation of an Asian Rhino!
I have no idea how large the whole set was
or . . . 'sets' were, and like the clowning Nazi's don't know where they came
from, or when. The suspicion is that the source is the same . . .
. . . both as far as the manufacture of the
figures goes, and where they appeared, I favour cigarette premiums, but it's all
up for grabs!
They are the same lightweight, tinny,
aluminium casts and while the side-flanges are a little different, the overall
look is the same, but that difference, along with the more realistic sculpting
might still suggest a different maker?
The problem with shiny, looked-after
aluminium is that it's impossible to date! A thought though - The Russians and
East European members of the 'Soviet Bloc' did use this material a lot,
including as flats or semi-flats, even for Toy Soldiers. So, were these to be
from 'beyond the curtain', that would back-up the satirical angle of the
previous set (especially if they came from the former East Germany) and date
them to the 1950/60's?
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