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TOY
Unique ID: NLM-B90E34
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy toy soldier fragment. Drum, leg and ankle of a hollow-cast toy soldier. The high quality of execution indicates this is a product of William Britain's, the leading British manufacturers of toy soldiers in the first half of the 20th century. The leg is broken at the top of an ankle boot, suggesting this to be an earlier example - from the late 1890s to about 1920. After the First World War, ankle boots were replaced by straight-legged trousers in military full dress, a development mirrored by Britain's later models. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1920.
Length: 27.7mm, Width: 12.9mm, Weight: 11.64gms.
Class: Lead Soldier
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1895
Date to: Circa AD 1920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.7 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Weight: 11.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Sunday 29th August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM15746a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Tetney
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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