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Collectors Corner

Occasionally we get a rare opportunity to acquire individual items and complete collections for collectors that are thinning out their collection or from other dealers. These pieces are items that we do not normally stock. All are in mint condition or and in their original boxes, unless specified in the description. Please note these may have been on display.

So these are ideal pages to view if you are looking for that missing piece in your collection or just looking to find some very unique pieces that are not normally available.

This month we have added a very large collection of Aeroart, St Petersburg figures and also a very large collection of Plastic figures and Play Sets. We have also added Frontline French and Indian War sets in perfect condition.

Consignment Highlight

This month we feature sets from Thomas Gunn, First Legion, Britain's, Jenkins, King & Country, Frontine, St Petersburg and Plastics.

Collectors Corner

Sierra Toy Soldier Britain's Exclusive

Sierra Toy Soldier Exclusive - In Stock Now!

• BR20199 “Ukulwa Nokufa!” (Fighting to the Death!) Zulu Hand-to-Hand
• BR20147 -- "The Deadly Dance" - Zulu Warrior and British 24th Foot Hand-to-Hand Set
• BR20183 Pressing Home The Attack - Zulu Warrior and British 24th Foot Hand-To-Hand Set.

Zulu Storehouse Attack

King and Country

King and Country June Releases!

D'Day - France

The liberation of France was brought about by the combined military efforts of the Western Allied Powers, Free French forces and the French Resistance. As the Allies advanced and the Germans retreated the populations of village after village and town after town poured into the streets to greet their ‘liberators’ happy to see the end of four years of brutal Nazi occupation and Vichy French collaboration!

• DD372 The Floor-Sweeping Waiter - A familiar figure in any French café or bar. Here, he pauses for a moment as he goes about this everyday task before hearing the metallic rumble of tank tracks on cobble-stoned streets and the happy cheers of the local populace as they welcome their Allied ‘liberators’.
• DD373 Vive les Allies! ("Long Live The Allies!") - This happy F renchman raises both arms in salute as the first Americans arrive.
• DD374 Buvons! ("Let's Drink!") - Another nattily-attired French gentleman raises a glass of beer to greet the arriving GIs.
• DD375 Liberation! Mother & Child - A delighted young mother encourages her toddler son to wave to these soldiers from across the Atlantic.
• DD376 Liberation! Female Flagbearer - Proudly carrying her French tricoleur complete with the Free French ‘Cross of Lorraine’ in the centre this woman also carries a bouquet of flowers to present to the GIs.
• DD377 Liberation! Vive Les Americans - Waving a small ‘Stars ‘n’ Stripes’ this attractive young girl enthusiastically welcomes the American ‘tankers’.
• DD378 Liberation! La famille Francais - Mama, Papa and their young son come into the street to celebrate their Allied heroes.
• DD379 Vive la Victoire! (Long Live The Victory!) - A First World War veteran celebrates the liberation with a double ‘V for Victory’ sign.
• DD380 Liberation! A Saluting French Scout - A French boy scout proudly wears his uniform as he salutes his new G.I. friends.
• DD389 Happy Liberation! - Another pretty young lady fully of ‘Joie de Vivre’ and waving her little French flag.

D-Day '44 - French

D'Day - American

• DD381(SE) Sherman M4 (#17)
• DD382(SE) Sherman M4 'Tonto'
• DD383 Standing Tank Sergeant w/Binos - Wearing the winter ‘Tanker’s Jacket’ with the knit collar, cuffs and waistband on top of his 2nd pattern combat trousers this tank sergeant holds a pair of military issue binoculars. Next to his right leg is a U.S. Army ‘jerrican’.
• DD384 Walking Corporal w/M3 Submachine Gun and Jerrican - This junior ‘noncom’ is carrying his M3 ‘Grease Gun’. This cheaply-made submachine gun was manufactured out of stamped and welded steel parts and looked remarkably like a mechanic’s grease gun, hence the nickname. It fired only in automatic mode and came with a 30-round straight magazine. Because of its small size it could be fitted easily inside the confined space of an M4 Sherman. Like the previous Tank Sergeant our Corporal is outfitted with the same Tanker’s uniform plus helmet and goggles.
• DD385 Standing Tank Sergeant w/Tommy Gun - One more sergeant, but this time cradling his M1A1 Thompson Submachine Gun a simplified version of the classic Thompson SMG adopted in 1942 and a favourite of armoured vehicle crews. Next to his left foot is a pressed steel ammunition box for a 250 round belt of .30 cal machine gun ammunition.
• DD386 Kneeling Tech 5 Corporal w/Map - A great little figure, dressed like the other guys, and armed with the M-1911 Colt. 45 Automatic Pistol in the leather holster. This guy can kneel on different parts of the Sherman including the turret or down on the ground.
• DD387 Smoke Break - Back in WW2 almost everyone smoked cigarettes and they were cheap, plentiful and supplied free of tax for the armed forces. This smoking ‘tanker’ is probably enjoying his favourite brand of ‘smokes’, Lucky Strike, in the distinctive red and white pack. Another of those very useful ammo cans helps balance the figure.
• DD388 'Tanker Replacement' Corporal - This Tech 5 Corporal has just arrived from the Replacement Depot carrying a bedroll and wearing matching olive drab shirt and trousers and a brand-new shoulder holster rig and pistol which was originally supplied only to Airforce pilots but somehow got to be issued to tank crews and other U.S. Army units. How a lowly noncom got hold of this is anyone’s guess.
• DD389 Happy Liberation! - Another lucky ‘tanker’ gets a very warm and passionate welcome from a newly-liberated pretty French maiden happy to see the last of the Germans… and the first of the Americans!
• DD390 The Tanker & The Kid - During WW2 every kid in Europe loved the GIs… The ‘Yanks’ were fun, friendly and very generous with their chocolate, candy and… chewing gum. All of which had been scarce at best or simply unavailable at worst during the years of occupation. For children of all ages, especially those living in German-occupied countries, ‘liberation’ was not just about freedom but about the opportunity to taste and enjoy some of these long-lost delights that had been hidden for four long years. For many of the GIs themselves these European kids were a reminder of the families they had left back home and their own children or young relatives. This little two figure set is a reminder of that time and the happiness and joy liberation brought to one and all.
• DD392 U.S. Armored Division Tank Riders - During World War Two the composition of a typical U.S. Army Armoured Division was, of course, centred around its chief component – its three tank battalions. In support of the tanks were another three battalions of armoured infantry who could be moved forward using M3 Half-Tracks as well as the usual complement of jeeps and trucks. On occasion these armored infantrymen would and could ‘hitch a ride’ on any passing Sherman or other armoured vehicle heading towards the front. To that end we’re ‘reintroducing’ an old favourite 4 x man set with upgraded painting and appropriate Armored Division shoulder patches. Perfect to work with any of our two new all-metal Shermans!

D-Day '44

King Louis

From France in 1944 we travel back in time to France in the middle of the 17th Century and the reign of King Louis XIV also known as ‘The Sun King’.

This monarch was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days was the longest of any European ruler in history. During his rule France became the leading European power and regularly asserted its military strength fighting three major continental wars as well as numerous other smaller conflicts inside and outside of France’s borders.

As well as providing his military leadership Louis ⅩⅣ had many other significant achievements which would go on to have a wide influence on the early modern period in the arts, science and architecture of not only France but throughout the rest of Europe.

Among his greatest achievements was the design and construction of The Palace of Versailles, his Royal residence outside Paris.

• TR018 King Louis XIV of France

Musketeers of the Guard

Jenkins

New releases expected July 2024!

War Elephant

• CTE-003 Carthaginian War Elephant

Carthaginian

Macedonian

• MAC-032A Macedonian Hypapist
• MAC-032B Macedonian Hypapist
• MAC-032D Macedonian Hypapists

Macedonian phalanx

Egyptians

• NKE-011A Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011A1 Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011A2 Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011A3 Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011B Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011B1 Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011B2 Egyptian Infantry
• NKE-011B3 Egyptian Infantry

New Kingdom Egyptians, Battle of Kadesh 1274BC

Greeks

He fought alongside his half brother, Ajax in the Trojan War and is the legendary founder of the city of Salamis on Cyprus.

During the Trojan aWr, Teucer was regarded as a great archer, who loosed his shafts from behind the giant shield of his half brother Ajax the Great.

In total Teucer is recorded as having killed thirty Trojans during the war

• TWG-009 Acamas

Greeks

Mongols - Korean

• MIJ-018A Korean Auxillery Spearmen
• MIJ-018B Korean Auxillery Spearmen
• MIJ-018N Korean Auxillery Spearmen

Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 AND 1281

Artillery

Limbers were used when transporting cannon by horse over long distances. Attached to the gun carriage, it transformed it from two wheels to a four wheeled vehicle.

**Please remember the horses will be sold separately, as well as the artillery piece.** HORSES WILL BE RESTOCKED IN OCTOBER

In the Eighteenth Century artillery limbers played a crucial role in the movement and deployment of field artillery.

The limber was a two wheeled cart specifically designed to support the trail of an artillery piece or the stock of a field carriage, such as a caisson or travelling forge.

The artillery piece when needed to be towed was raised over the limber and then lowered with a pintle fitting into a hole in the trail.

Horses or other draft animals were harnessed in a single file to haul the limber.

• BAL-016 Artillery Limber

Battle of Monongahela, 1755

Confederate Artillery

• CSART-017 Artillery Crew

Confederate Artillery

Confererate Cavalry

• CSBS-009A Confederate Cavalryman
• CSBS-009B Confederate Cavalryman

Battle of Brandy Station

Battle of Cowpens - Fusillers

• CW7FL-002 Standard Bearer

7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)

Maryland Continentals

The main core of Morgan’s flying Army was a battalion of veteran Continentals. Three companies of the Maryland Line, and one company from Delaware. These were highly trained and disciplined, and formed the main line commanded by John Eager Howard. They were the best troops to engage in prolonged close combat with British regulars.

The three Maryland companies at the Battle of Cowpens were survivors from several ravaged regiments.

The First Company (Captain Richard Anderson) included survivors of the 1st and 7th Maryland.
The Second Company (Captain Henry Dobson) was formed from the 2nd, 4th and 6th Maryland.
The Third Company (Lieutenant Nicholas Mangers) included men from the old 3rd and 5th Maryland.

• CWML-005 Line Infantry
• CWML-005N Line Infantry

Howard's Maryland Continentals

Siege of Malta

• MALT-009 Maltese Militia
• MALT-009N Maltese Militia

Great Siege of Malta

ACW- Rockbridge

• ROCKART-012 Artillery Crew

1st Rockbridge Artillery

Rosebud

• RSBUD-010United States Cavalry
• RSBUD-011 United States Cavalry

Black Hill Wars 1876-1877

3rd New Jersey

• US3NJ-001 The Butterflies, Standard Bearer

3rd New Jersey Cavalary Regiment, 1864, The Butterflies

• USBS-010 Union Cavalry
• USBS2-010 2nd US Cavalry Regiment

2nd US Cavalry Regiment

Battle of Wandewash

• WBS-003 British Sepoys
• WBS-003N British Sepoys

BATTLE OF WANDEWASH, 22nd JANUARY 1760

Mounties

• WSP-072 Mounted Policeman
• WSP-078 Mounted Policeman

Whiskey, Scalps and Beaver Pelts

Thomas Gunn

New releases expected July 2024!

WWII - German

• SS157B Gerta
• SS158A Edda
• SS158B Hella

WWII German forces

Rome

• TG-ROM173B Praetorian with Silver Face Mask & Eagle
• TG-ROM174A Praetorian with War Dog (Gold)
• TG-ROM174B Praetorian with War Dog (Silver)
• TG-ROM175A Praetorian Marching (Gold)
• TG-ROM175B Praetorian Marching (Silver)
• TG-ROM176A Praetorian Marching (Gold)
• TG-ROM176B Praetorian Marching (Silver)

Glory of Rome

WWii- Allied

• USA021A Sherry
• USA021B Wendy
• USA022A Laura
• USA022B Shannon

WWII Allied Forces

War Park

New releases expected July 2024!

Red Army

• WP-RA017 Red Army Capturing German Prisoner from Sewer

Red Army - WWII

Accessories

• WP-WS044 Winter Railway Scenic Base
• WP-WS053 Road Signs on Oil Drums
• WP-WS054 Red Brick Wall Building

War Park Vehicles & Accessories

Very best regards from Mike & Myszka Hall and the Sierra Toy Soldier team - Alex, Cody and Sean.

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