Toysoldiers - "The Boxer Rebellion" or "Peking 1900" - The Italian Bersaglieri

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi again,

the third part of my series about the Boxer Rebellion shows a small series of Italian Bersaglieri. Again these figures are produced by TeamMiniatures. There are two variants of uniforms - one in blue and one in beige. The figures of both variants are identically the same and there are at least nine figures in both variants. I decided to go for the blue variants because this is also the one that can be found within Osprey 95 "The Boxer Rebellion".

Here is some information that can be found on wikipedia.

Italian expeditionary forces in China

A very nice series of miniatures and maybe I will search for the beige variants aswell.

Cheers

Mike

Toysoldiers - "The Boxer Rebellion" or "Peking 1900" - Soldiers of the German 3rd Seabatallion

Manufacturer:   TeamMiniatures

Scale:   60mm (1:30)

Hi,

this post within my little series about the "Boxer Rebellion" is dedicated to the German 3rd Seabatallion. A very stylish unit because of their helmets. Maybe you know the famous painting of Carl Röchling called "Germans to the front". I have also added a picture of this painting to the post.

The 3rd Seabatallion was part of the international force under command of the British General Seymour that was sent to rescue the besieged alllied troops in Peking in June 1900.

The figures are again from the wonderful range "Peking 1900" made by TeamMiniatures. This small series contains at least 10 figures and every single miniature is fantastic.

Just a fun fact - Tsingtao was a German colony in China and the Germans established a brewery there in 1903. Tsingtao beer is one of the two biggest breweries in China and also one of the ten biggest breweries in the world. It is exported into more than 100 countries. What a wonderful combination - collecting toysoldiers while enjoying some good beer. :)

Cheers

Mike

A uniform plate that I found on the web.

A uniform plate from Osprey 95 "The Boxer Rebellion"

And finally an advertisement from the US concerning Tsingtao beer.

Toysoldiers - "Russian Artillery of the SevenYearsWar" made by FirstLegion

Manufacturer:   FirstLegion

Scale:   1:30 (60mm)

Hi,

as my favorite period of warfare is the SYW it is no wonder that I also try to get some SYW related figures for my collection of toysoldiers. But this is a hard way. There are only a few manufacturers having produced figures for this period.

There is for example a range of JohnJenkinsDesign called "The battle of Leuthen" that I have already published within a post in 2023 (Link to the former post). This manufacturer has also a lot of ranges concerning the FrenchIndianWar. Though this also belongs to the SYW in a kind I am talking about figures that represent the fightings on the European theatre. These are not wide spread, often hard to find and if you have been lucky to find them they are too often bloody expensive. Concerning "The battle of Leuthen" I was lucky to get the figures from a collection´s liquidation.

Another manufacturer that has produced some figures for the SYW as toysoldiers is FirstLegion. Very detailed and excellent painted figures but they also belong to the most expensive ones. So my collection of these figures is still small and the figures I already have would not have found their way into my collection if I hadn´t got them for very good prices.

The one range of figures I have managed to complete is the Russian Artillery of the SYW,

And here they are.

Cheers

Mike