Beautiful set of 58 German flats, lead toy soldier figure set, HAND painted RARE

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Beautiful set of 58 German flats, lead toy soldier figure set, HAND painted RARE:
$124.00

Beautiful set of 58 German flats, lead figure set, HAND painted, RARE!
AMAZING, set of German flats, most likely issued in the 20th century. Great find from a gentleman who had collected military artifacts for many years. These were in his library and I bought them during a tag sale a couple of years ago.
According to the Curator at the West Point Military Museum, these represent the 1812-1815 - Franz 2nd Regiment Garde-Lanziers
This set is completely hand painted and contains the following figures:

14 single figures
2 lamps for artillery lighting
3 trees
4 artillery horses
2 artillery guns cannon
14 Napoleonic cavalry figures w/horses
6 large groupings, several with horses and or multiple figures
9 equestrian figures
4 individual figures
The largest piece (Tree) measures ~5 x 3 ½ inches. Truly fantastic pieces of history. A must for the SERIOUS Collector of Toy Soldiers and miniatures.
Brief History of Toy Soldiers

Military figures have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, and have appeared in many cultures and eras. Tin soldiers were produced in Germany as early as the 1730s, by molding the metal between two pieces of slate. Toy soldiers became widespread during the 18th century, inspired by the military exploits of Frederick the Great. Miniature soldiers were also used in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries by military strategists to plan battle tactics by using the figures to show the locations of real soldiers. In 1893, the British toy company William Britain revolutionized the production of toy soldiers by devising the method of hollow casting, making soldiers that were cheaper and lighter than their German counterparts.
In addition to Britains, there have been many other manufacturers of toy soldiers over the years. For example, John Hill & Company produced hollow cast lead figures in the same style and scale. Companies such as Elastolin and Lineol were well known for their composite figures made of glue and sawdust that included both military and civilian subjects. After 1950, rising production costs and the development of plastic meant that many shop keepers liked the lighter, cheaper, and far less prone to break in transit polythene figure. This led to greater numbers of plastic toy soldiers. The first American plastic soldiers were made by Beton as early as 1937. The first plastic toy soldiers produced in Great Britain were made in 1946 by Airfix before they became known for their famous model kits range.
World War I-era toy soldiers
One large historical producer in plastic was Louis Marx and Company, which produced both realistic soldiers of great detail and also historical collections of plastic men and women, including the \"Presidents of the United States\" collection, \"Warriors of the World\", \"Generals of World War II\", \"Jesus and the Apostles\", and figures from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Marx also produced boxed playsets that featured many famous battles with armies of two sides, character figures, and terrain features. Britains produced plastic figures under the brand names of Herald and Deetail. Also in England, the scale model company, Airfix produced a variety of high quality plastic sets, which were frequently painted by hobbyists. Many Airfix figures were imitated by other companies and reproduced as inexpensive, bagged plastic army men. Timpo Toys, Britains main competitor in terms of sales and quality in the 1960s and 70s developed the \'Over - Moulding\' system. Different coloured plastics were injected into the mould at various stages, creating a fully coloured figure without the need of paint.
During the 1990s, the production of metal toy-grade painted figures and connoisseur-grade painted toy soldiers increased to serve the demands of the collectors\' market. The style of many of these figures shifted from the traditional gloss-coat enamel paint to the matte-finished acrylic paint, which allows for greater detail and historical accuracy. The change was largely inspired by the introduction of very high quality painted figures from St. Petersburg, Russia.[citation needed] Tin soldiers are miniature figures of toy soldiers that are very popular in the world of collecting. They can be bought finished or in a raw state to be hand-painted. They are generally made of pewter, tin, lead, other metals or plastic. Often very elaborate scale models of battle scenes, known as dioramas, are created for their display. Tin soldiers were originally almost two-dimensional figures, often called \"little Eilerts\" or \"flats\". They were the first toy soldiers to be mass-produced. Though largely superseded in popularity from the late 19th century by fully rounded three-dimensional lead figures, these flat tin soldiers continue to be produced.

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