I wonder (from the colour of the trousers
more than anything else) if these weren't originally intended
for, or commissioned by, someone in the Danish tourist industry? However I
think I bought them over here, but to be honest I can't really remember when or
where they came-in to the collection, just that they probably pre-date my visits
to Herne in the 2010's, and wouldn't have been an eBay purchase?
The box is marked 'Taiwan' and nothing
else, while it looks like a couple of the figures have 'Foreign' on the base
but they are quite tight to the card sides of their shrink-wrapped tray, so
that's not clear!
The blue collars and cuffs also point to
Denmark rather than Britain and while other countries retain similar bear-skin headdressed
ceremonial troops, I can only think of some in white uniforms or the Danes alternate
dark (winter dress?) jackets. Also the cross belts are a bit of a giveaway!
A quick comparison with the closest similar
figures; on the left is a current wooden guardsman with card arms, I've seen
them being sold on feebleBay as cake decorations, but more commonly they are
sold by crafters as doll's house's playroom toy soldiers.
The figure to the right is the relatively
common Ertzgibirge figure, who would match the Taiwanese ones if they
didn't have those large plinth bases! he usually comes one or two figures per
little wooden village.
Evidence!
Danish tourist souvenirs?
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