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A dream realized
A fond look back at how a young boy first started collecting W. Britain toy soldiers in post WWII America
Around Christmas time in the 1940's, before and after WWII, the American New York City toy store F.A.O. Schwarz printed a fabulous catalogue. In addition to all the ‘ordinary’ toys the catalogue had several pages devoted to toy soldiers. These were not toy soldiers one bought in Woolworth's 5 and 10 Cent Store, but German Heyde figures (before the war) and the hollow cast W. Britains. When the catalogue arrived at our house in late November I was quick to grab it, open it to the soldier pages, and literally devour the photographs of contingents of toy soldiers marching about in formation. To this day I have fond memories of what I saw in those long disposed of catalogues. And yes, I even sometimes dream of the contents of those pages.
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