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Josef Stalin

He was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, in Gori, which is now in the Republic of Georgia, in 1879, but in 1910 adopted the pseudonym Josef Stalin, Staling meaning "a man of steel." Both his parents were Georgian peasants neither of whom spoke Russian. Stalin however was forced to learn the language of instruction during his school life at the Gori ... read more

August von Mackensen

August von Mackensen was born on December 6th 1849. After his high-school education and study at university he joined the 2nd Leibhusaren-Regiment as a one year volunteer, on October 1st 1869. Together with this Regiment he took part in the war against France in 1870/71 and two years later he became an active officer. After another post he joined the Great ... read more

Bernard Law Montgommery

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, later known as "Monty" was born in 1887 and spent much of his childhood in Tasmania. He was later educated at St. Paul's School and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He was probably the most misunderstood general in the Allied Forces during the Second World War. His military career began during the First World ... read more

Hausser / Elastolin Catalogues

Until its bankruptcy in 1983, Hausser had published extensive catalogues on the range of figures and accessories it produced. Catalogues were published both for dealers (resellers) and for end consumers. In addition, there are also price sheets and order lists in which the entire range of figurines was listed according to manufacturer numbers. On certain ... read more

Replica Flags for Lineol Flag Bearer

The Lineol company have produced a variety of flags especially for the 7 cm series. While flags for German military figures are relatively common and inexpensive to find, flags for foreign figures and especially political organizations appear much less frequently. No wonder that there are also more or less well made replicas for these flags, so that flag ... read more

Lineol Catalogues

During its existence, Lineol has published a large number of catalogues and price lists. In addition to the sales catalogues and novelty supplements with individual prices for end consumers, there were also special dealer catalogues. These were clearly more complex and more extensive than the normal consumer catalogues. Therefore no prices were printed here, ... read more

Lineol Catalog Reprints

The basis for collecting Lineol figures are the sales catalogs of the former manufacturers. But especially early editions before 1939 are rare and therefore expensive. So it is not surprising that there are some very good reprints of these catalogs. This is not a problem as long as these reprints are marked as such when they are sold. The purpose of this ... read more

Panzerkampfwagen I (PzKw I)

In the course of the First World War, tanks are used for the first time in the western theatre of war. With the defeat of the Kaiserreich, Germany is banned from owning and developing battle tanks under the Treaty of Versailles. Only the Wehrmacht overrode these regulations and reintroduced tanks into the German army. During the Spanish Civil War, the PzKw I ... read more

Battle Positions by MORGOMA

The company Mortiz Gottschalk from Marienberg "MORGOMA" (Saxon Erzgebirge) has produced in the 30s very high quality positions for soldiers of 7 cm size. These are similar to Lineol's emplacements and are often mistaken for them. Unfortunately, there are only very few documents about the offered assortment, so that it is difficult to document this position ... read more

Hausser / Elastolin Catalog Reprints

The basis for collecting Elastolin are the sales catalogs of the former manufacturers. But especially early editions before 1940 are rare and therefore correspondingly expensive. So it is no wonder that there are sometimes very good reprints for these catalogs. This is basically not a problem, as long as these reprints are also marked as such when they are ... read more

Battle Positions by Hausser / Elastolin for 7cm Soldiers

In 1931, for the first time Hausser offered emplacements and trenches for its soldier product line. In the following years, these simple combat trenches were steadily expanded with dugouts, running trenches as well as mine launcher and artillery emplacements. While the first emplacements were still based on experiences from the First World War, the ... read more

Belgium King Albert I

Albert I was the Belgium King from 1909 to 1934. There are only three model figures made by Hausser and Linol which represent him. read more