Original Item: Only One Available. Elastolin is a trademark used by the German company O&M Hausser (O&M Haußer) for the toy soldiers and other types of figures it manufactured from composite material and later from plastic. The Hausser firm was founded in 1904 by Christian Hausser and his sons Otto and Max. The factory was situated in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart. Production of all figures (and all other toys) was interrupted when the German economy was put on a "total war" footing in 1943.

Elastolin composition figures were manufactured in 40mm (also known as 4-cm), 65mm (6.5-cm), 70mm (7-cm), and 105mm (10.5 cm) scales. Since 70-mm is approximately 3-inches, a 70-mm figure is approximately 1/24 scale. The Elastolin catalogs of the 1930s describe the 7-cm figures as being "normal size" (normalgrosse) and the 4-cm figures as Miniatur-Soldaten. The catalog numbers for the 4-cm figures began with the preface M so the catalog number for a 4-cm marching Heer Trommler (Army snare drummer) was M 47/1. The models made in the 1930s for the Heer Army were based on a parade ground setting, with various soldiers made to complete the entire scene.

When war broke out, Haußer - Elastolin began to manufacture decorated wooden modular battle scenes, which could be linked together, and were used to help display the collections of composition soldiers that one might have.

This is a lovely group of sections built to display the soldiers with. They include a "Trench Scene", complete with barbed wire on “No man’s land”, an artillery emplacement with a tin litho cannon, and a horse-drawn wagon with two horses.

The trench section measures approximately 7 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 2 1/4", and is in very good condition, showing some deformation of the wooden base. This section has one LINEOL-marked composition soldier holding binoculars.

The artillery emplacement section measures 7 ½ x 6 ½ x 3 ½” and includes a great tin litho cannon with a non-functional release, and two LINEOL-marked composition soldiers carrying rifles. The emplacement has three wooden logs on mounds of dirt to conceal the cannon and looks amazing. You can tell what pieces were made from painted newspaper as some of the ground material shows a section of unpainted newspaper. 

Lastly is the wagon which is made up of metal pieces with a small canvas tarp attached over the frame. The wheels function and the set comes with two horses on wheels attached at the front, though they have heavy paint loss. There is tearing in the canvas and there is one seated soldier on the wagon, with a rod in his fanny so he stays seated on the wagon. The wagon with horses measures 9 x 2 ¼ x 3 ½”.

A lovely set, ready to research and display!