$3,700
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Description
Each 12" (30 cm.) Each has paper mache head with
painted hair and facial features including
moustaches,wrapped armature body,cloth hands.
Condition: generally excellent. Marks:
Fabrication Francaise Jouets Tissus E.L. (tag on
sleeves of several) Par Albert Guillaume (paper
label in shape of French flag on several).
Comments: the set was designed by the noted
French illustrator,Guillaume,for production by
the firm of Emile Lang,circa 1918,and were
offered in leading Paris department stores during
and just after WWI; the set depicts Allied Forces
of that war and were intended to stir patriotic
fever. Value Points: rare dolls in perfectly
preserved condition,each wearing its original
well-detailed uniform including
accessories,equipment and emblems.