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Two examples of the unique style of Russian maker MKI Progress. These are from the 80s, and that exhausts my knowledge of them.  Interesting woodcarving like stylization though. Not unlike the earliest Technolog fantasy figures.

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A french maker of tin toys until WWII. This complete railroad in O gauge is darling.

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Lucotte and Mignot began as rivals, but merged through marriage, anyway Lucotte figures were very similar in style to mignot, but were done in a way that included more soldered on details and were finished to a higher standard and pricepoint... included things like wire reins, and more paint changes, they are at the pinnicle when covering first empire cavalry, but these late Republic fellows are good too, anyway they have a beauty.

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I am convinced that Trumpism is fundamentally the reaction against efforts to end white supremacy in America.  Only in our Republic can a man endure hell, be praised to the rafters by the world, awarded France's highest honor, then go home and starve forgotten, dying unknown, because his skin color isn't right. At leadt, nearly a century later, he was finally recognized with the CMoH...

https://www.history.com/news/wwi-hero-henry-johnson-finally-receives-medal-of-honor

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