The Great Tinnie War

[Kevin Sanders]

Ralph....

You never cease to amaze me - NICE pieces.... haven't seen many like those anywhere.....

[Ralph A]

Not really a tinnie,

but I guess this would be the correct forum for this sort of thing. Just in from Mike Dunn, a fabulous piece, don't you think?

[Ralph A]

Thanks Mike. He's a treasure!

Your check is in the mail.

[Kevin Sanders]

Fabulous

Ralph-

That is "mouth-watering".... sweet.... original paint ? If it is, that is quite a find.... I've surfed Manion's for years looking at tinnies and WHW pieces - haven't seen this one either....

What did you have to do to get Mike to send it your way ??

Keep sharing mate !!! Thanks.

Kevin

[Mike Dunn]

Counter attack fro James Noble!!!!!

[Mike Dunn]

they keep coming!

[Mike Dunn]

Last one for now!

[Mike Dunn]

Kevin--as far as I know the paint is original on the toy soldier. It came out of a big collection in Germany from the original collectors family. IF re-painted--done a long time ago. I sent it to Ralph because he let me know that he would like it for the bunker. I collect WWI items, if he had been a WWI soldier and flag---it would be in my case! Which makes me think, I don't recall ever seeing these toy soldiers in WWI outfits. Mike

[Richard]

Well Mike, these are scanned for you to enjoy. Some older WWI tinnies from my collection. The bronze one says "Karpathen durchhalten! 3 Armee 1914-1915" and has soldiers with rifles pointed at a giant bear coming over the mountains. The grey one says Weihnachten im Felde 1917". Sorry about the fuzzy scan. These are a lot more detailed than the pics would indicate.
Richard V

[Ralph A]

Hey Hey

VDA

[Ralph A]

C'mon out an fight.

Let's see your GOOD stuff:

[Ralph A]

Time to separate...

...the men from the boys...

[Ralph A]

...haul out the big guns...

..."sehr selten"...

[Ralph A]

Just how much can you take...

..."extrem seltenes stueck"...

[Ralph A]

Are you ready for...

Total War?