TOY SOLDIERS HAUSSER ELASTOLIN ROMAN CAVALRY 8450 70MM

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You are bidding on a Discontinued Mounted Plastic Figure of Vintage HAUSSER ELASTOLIN GERMANY Toy Soldiers Ancients, Roman Army, Roman Cavalry Mounted on Charging Horse with sword and sheild. Old Production Made in the late 1960's by O&M Hausser in West Germany. This plastic figure #8450. 70mm scale (7cm) Rider is 3" inches tall hand-painted plastic Traditional toy soldiers with original stamped base. "Elastolin Made in Germany" is molded into the bottom of each hard polystyrene base. The figures have never been played with in excellent new condition, only used as a store display. Hausser's brand name of Elastolin began production of hard polystyrene plastic in place of the older sawdust-based composition material in 1955. It also introduced new lines of Roman soldiers, Huns, Vikings, Normans, 17th-century Turks, and "trappers" (cowboys) and American Indians at this time. Hausser-Elastolin also manufactured personality figures of Prince Valiant and others. Roman Army History: The Roman Army was employed by the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion.Roman soldiers were fighting men, first and foremost. Constant and rigorous training kept them at peak conditions, and ready for action at any time. read more