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TOY
Unique ID: NLM-943B55
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy toy soldier. Solid cast semi-flat model representing a mounted lancer or uhlan with knee length boots, rectangular saddlecloth and round blanket roll; on one side the lance is modelled at the slope, running along the neck of a cantering horse; on the other side a hanging sabre appears. Sky blue paint remains on the trousers; the jacket was possibly red, and the horse and boots black; this could represent a continental soldier. The heads of both horse and rider are lost, as are the lower legs of the horse and the base. This figure was probably made in Germany, in a form derived from flat toys which are especially associated with Nuremburg. Imported toy soldiers were displaced from the early 20th century by domestic manufacturers. Suggested date: Modern, 1880-1910.
Length: 43.6mm, Height: 40.7mm, Thickness: 8.2mm, Weight: 33.71gms.
Class: Soldier
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1880
Date to: Circa AD 1910
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.6 mm
Height: 40.7 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 33.71 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19075a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Belton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7808
Four figure Latitude: 53.562829
Four figure longitude: -0.823846
1:25K map: SE7808
1:10K map: SE70NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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