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I don't think it's a toy. I do not see the play value in it. I see something that could stab a playmate and do injury. I think it's a decorative chart weight, used keep parchment charts flat on a table in a wind for a military campaign. Usable while still keeping the chart fully visible. A bronze item such as this would be very expensive, a one-off casting, made by a lost-wax process in which the mould is destroyed in the process. That is not something that would be made for a toy. . . unless it was made for a toy for a princess or a prince. But even then highly unlikely. It's a chart weight. I've seen them used in map rooms.

I would theorize the moveable head could be used to point toward the direction the military campaign might be headed.

11 posted on 05/09/2015 7:19:22 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)

An early version of lawn darts.

13 posted on 05/09/2015 7:31:49 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")

They didn’t have a bunch of busybody nanny-staters bringing about recalls on toys back then.

23 posted on 05/09/2015 8:50:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)

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I agree with your assessment.
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25 posted on 05/09/2015 9:05:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)

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