Name: Original U.S. WWI Collection of Metal Toys - Lot of 13 Barclay Manoil Toys & 1 GFN Machine Gun Toy
SKU: 737210

Original U.S. WWI Collection of Metal Toys - Lot of 13 Barclay Manoil Toys & 1 GFN Machine Gun Toy

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Original Items. Only One Available. This is a fantastic collection of 14 WWI Era metal toys depicting American soldiers in various positions and situations. 13 of the toys are of the well-known Barclay Manoil maker and the 14th is a tin camouflaged machine gun with a marking for GFN on the side. The figures are all about 3 inches tall.

The Lot includes:

- Barclay Manoil Soldier with arm in sling, some paint loss.
- Barclay Manoil Nurse holding bag, some paint loss.
- Barclay Manoil soldier sitting holding rifle, good shape overall.
- Barclay Manoil soldier standing holding rifle, good shape overall with paint loss
- Barclay Manoil officer with open collar holding bag, likely a doctor. Some paint loss
- Barclay Manoil soldier using shovel to dig trench with rifle on back, good shape
- 2 Barclay Manoil officer holding cane? Good condition overall.
- Barclay Manoil soldier carrying two large metal boxes, good shape overall
- Barclay Manoil soldier laying prone with machine gun in silver. Good shape overall.
- Barclay Manoil soldier with goggles and hood carrying large camera, rare example.
- Barclay Manoil soldier laying on small wooden stretcher with cheesecloth fabric holding him. Two separate pieces, cloth is in fair shape. Great rare set.
- Barclay Manoil soldier using mounted machine gun, great shape overall.
- GFN Tin Mounted Machine Gun in a camouflage paint of red, green, tan, and brown. Great example and a nice addition to the group.

These toys are in overall great shape 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.