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TOY: WOODEN SOLDIER

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Small wooden toy soldier with hat in the style of the French Foreign Legion. Shape is stylised and arms and legs screwed to the body at shoulder and hip, but are still free to move. Hat is continuous with wooden body, painted black and with an inserted black leather brim. Torso is painted bright red with three painted black buttons at centre front. Sleeves and trousers are painted light blue with black-painted boots. Hands and feet have holes, presumably for strings.

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1987.112

Item type

Themes

Art and Design
People
Social History
War and Conflict
Leisure > Toys

Height or length

140 mm

Keywords

Museum Of Childhood

Statement Of Significance Required

Statement of significance

Social history.

Rarity: Aesthetic: Social: Provenance: Representativeness: Condition:

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Monday, 30 June, 2025

Completeness

72

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