Barclay soldier

[SJ_BIKER]

11 shipped

 

[gkeep]

Nice condition! That brings back memories of scouring the San Jose Flea Market on Sundays with my dad in the 60s searching out vintage trains and toys. As a kid I couldn't afford cast iron toys and Lionel trains but I could pick up occasional toy banks and Manoil/Barclay soldiers for under a dollar. My older brother had hundreds back in the 70s. He made a form from a steel block and would hammer out new helmets from tin cans for these type of guys with the separate helmets. They often were without helemts, and cheaper that way .

 

[mr.cycleplane]

still have a shoebox full of these Barclay ww1 soldiers that were my dad's! I played with them as a kid.

 

[mickeyc]

That's an officer by his uniform. Here's what a private in W.W. One wore...

My Grandad...Killed in France Aug. 26, 1918.

 

[mr.cycleplane]

Canadian?

 

[mickeyc]

Canadian?

Yes but British uniform was the same.