Null Old game pieces in the shape of soldiers, bombs and tanks. A contemporary o…
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Old game pieces in the shape of soldiers, bombs and tanks. A contemporary object from a time when it was normal to play with war symbols. A total of twelve thalers, 16 soldiers, twelve bombs, five tanks, two imperial eagles.

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Old game pieces in the shape of soldiers, bombs and tanks. A contemporary object from a time when it was normal to play with war symbols. A total of twelve thalers, 16 soldiers, twelve bombs, five tanks, two imperial eagles.

Estimate 60 - 120 EUR
Starting price 40 EUR

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Prussia, 2nd Empire Wars (1852-1870). Model 1842/60/67 grenadier de ligne troop helmet with tip, modified in 1860 and 1867 and approved "I.K. 164" (Hannoversches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 164). Leather bomb in 2 sewn parts, conical shape of model 1842 and shortened at the bottom (modification 186), with its brass reinforcing ring with two rivets, rounded neck cover in 2 sewn parts, rounded visor edged with a brass ring, the seam on the bomb reinforced with iron rivet (modification 1867). Removable model 1842 pearl-base tip (height 115 mm) on a cross-stamped base attached to the bomb with 4 brass half-spherical-head screws and bridge nuts, the front lug unmodified (overlap with the plate). Model 1842/60 screw-on front plate with Prussian eagle known as the "old regiment", monogrammed "FWR" for Frederick Wilhelm Rex, and banner bearing the motto "MIT GOTT FÜR KOENIG UND VATERLAND", attached to the plate with 5 welded rivets (modified in 1860). It is attached to the bomb with 2 square brass screws and nuts (the bomb is re-drilled). Flat-scaled chinstraps, model 1856, fastened with slotted-head steel nuts and screws (the old chinstrap fastening holes have not been economically plugged and are hidden by the side reinforcements which, due to the bomb's shortening, are sewn higher up and invisible from the outside). Prussian model 1857 metal land-kocarde (diam. 75mm) on the right side. Leather inner cap with 6 wolf's teeth (tired and small accidents). The bottom of the bomb is inscribed with the reception mark ""I.K. 164" for Infanterie Königliche N°164. Worn. (Wear and tear, removable tip screw missing, leather strap buckle on right chinstrap missing, good helmet model 1842 having undergone the various regulatory modifications, typical of fighting in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71).