During the Thirty-Years-Wars 1618-48 the soldiers tortured, murdered, raped, looted, branded whole cities and communities a thousand times. Some of them were condemned to death by their officers, in most cases for dersertion, for killing a soldier or disobeying orders. A method to spare the life of a paid and already trained mercenary, was to let them gamble with dice on a drum and to execute only the looser. The color photo shows a collector's variant.
Series list for 100/155 No. 100-373 (1x) Shrub No. 100-374 (1x) Strauch No. 100-375 (1x) Strauch No. 100-DK 1 (1x) Delinquent, throwing dice for his life No. 100-DK 1 a (1x) Drum No. 100-DK 2 (1x) Delinquent, rolling for his life No. 100-DK 5 (2x) Constable No. 100-229 a (1x) Gallows with 2 nooses (# 230 a) No. 100-1086 (1x) Wooden ladder, standing upright No. 100-230 a (2x) Landsknecht (plunderer), hanging (# 229 a)
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Number of parts
12
Epoch
17th Century
Time
1618 - 1648
Nationality/Location
Europe
State
new
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
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