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Listing is for a Elastolin Hausser 1963 Roman Legion Chariot 40mm x2 Soldiers x4 Horses.
Circa 1973, Germany. Designed by Rudolf Schrade. Set is a Roman Legion chariot/quadriga (streitwagen) with two Roman soldiers, one wearing a blue
cape, the other wearing red. Four horses pull the chariot. The era reprsented is 200 BC
- 500 AC. A quadriga is a car (or chariot) drawn by four horses abreast;
favored for chariot racing by the Roman Empire until the late middle ages.
O&M Hausser was a German company founded by Christian Hausser and his
sons Otto and Max Hausser in 1904. In 1925, they purchased Pfeiffer of
Austria and integrated the Pfeiffer composition figures into their
production under the name Tipple-Topple. In 1939, Hausser started
experimenting with plastic and in 1955, the first polysterol plastic
miniatures (1:25/1:45) were made. Elastolin is a trademark used for the
toy soldiers and other types of figures it manufactured from composite
material and later from plastic. Elastolin composition figures were
manufactured in 40mm, 65mm, 70mm, and 105mm scales.
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