I picked these falschrimjager up at
Sandown last Saturday, from Adrian's rummage tray of WHW's and because I
couldn't remember which one I had at home, hollow or flat base (upper pair), I
selected both, only to find on Sunday that mine was completely different (right
hand figure in lower two images) with a 'penny' base!
This confirms what we saw with the grenade
thrower - three distinct issues. And the differences are greater here than they
were with the grenadier; with my solid being joined (as a moulding) down the
shins, while the two half-and-half glued-figures have a gap between the legs.
The one with a hollowed-out base is
slightly miss-aligned, so the photo's had to be shot at weird angles to get him
to stand up and make them all the correct height which - as you can see -
differs too.
Meanwhile, Adrian had found these and put
them to one side for me, they are unused factory 'blanks' from a set of bisque
service personnel; a set I'm currently unfamiliar with. You can see how they
are each numbered under the place where the pin-badge is affixed, while you can
also see how they are hollow slip-cast figures.
I have two from a set I do know -
Industrious Germany - which was issued in March 1939 as a set of 20 different
professions and trades, of which I have above the fisherman (new acquisition)
and the miner (we may have seen before here?). And you can see how the
pin-badge is attached with a blob of chemical-fixer which may be an early
two-part epoxy type polymer?
These too, seem to have had different
issues (one being matt-finished, the other glazed), so take the date with a
pinch of salt - look what happened to the accepted date of the Armed Forces
plastic series!
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