Original U.S. WWI & WWII Collection of Metal Toy Soldiers - Lot of 20 Barclay Manoil Toys

Original Items. Only One Available. This is a fantastic collection of 20 WWI & WWII Era metal toys depicting American soldiers in various positions and situations. These are of the well-known Barclay Manoil maker. The figures are all about 3 inches tall but vary based on the position and what the troops are doing. Many of the toys have heavy paint loss, so please take a close look at each example. 

The Lot includes:

- Soldier manning a howitzer on wheels.
- Howitzer on its own, higher quality, not Barclay.
- Small Army wagon marked to Tootsie Toys.
- WWI Era Soldier with large gun firing into air at planes.
- WWI Era Soldier manning an artillery piece pointing upwards at planes.
- WWII Soldier manning a heavy mortar.
- WWI Soldier wrenching the fuze onto a large artillery shell.
- Three soldiers manning a large scope or artillery piece, interesting one.
- High altitude flier or diver in full gear carrying oxygen tube.
- WWII soldier carrying rifle and marching.
- WWI soldier with rifle slung over shoulder.
- WWI soldier carrying flag.
- Interwar soldier using periscope device, distancing
- WWI soldier kneeling and holding artillery shell.
- Two Interwar soldiers loading a mortar.
- WWI soldier aiming rifle.
- WWII soldier on ground with pistol or flare gun
- WWI soldier on field telephone.
- WWI soldier using binoculars.
- WWI soldier on an interesting vehicle with an MG mounted to the back.

These toys are in good overall shape minus some paint loss and will make a tremendous complement to any WWI collection. Ready for further research and display.

The Barclay Manufacturing Company was an American metal toy company based in New Jersey that specialised in diecast toy cars and hollowcast toy soldiers. Due to their common availability at five and dime stores, collectors often refer to Barclay's toy soldiers as "Dimestore soldiers". Barclay Manufacturing was formed by Leon Donze and Michael Levy in about 1922. The name of the company came from Barclay Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. During the 1930s, the company was later based in North Bergen, New Jersey.