William Tell, switzerland 14th. century

In this set there are figures for different episodes of the most famous swiss legend. William Tell, the mastershot with the crossbow, had to shoot an apple from his son´s head. He became a rebel and hero for the swiss fight for liberation.
William Tell (in the four languages of Switzerland: German: Wilhelm Tell; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert marksman with the crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of the Habsburg dukes positioned in Altdorf, in the canton of Uri. Tell's defiance and tyrannicide encouraged the population to open rebellion and a pact against the foreign rulers with neigbouring Schwyz and Unterwalden, marking the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy.

Also to be used for other medieval scenes (to have some characters omitted or added): arrest of a thief or lawbreaker, tax confiscation, recruitment of the only son ...

Series list for 100/146
No. 100-1988 (1x) Kuoni, the shepherd from Uri
No. 100-1997 (1x) Mercenary on foot, holding a horse
No. 100-2002 (1x) Arnold von Melchthal, a burgher, a farmer
No. 100-782 (1x) Stüssi, the field archer, with falcon
No. 100-781 (1x) Nephew Ulrich von Rudenz, GeÃler's companion
No. 100-2003 (1x) Shepherd boy Seppi, with dog
No. 100-2001 (1x) Tell's wife Hedwig, daughter of Fürst
No. 100-783 (1x) William Tell, with son Walter
No. 100-780 (1x) Hunting assistant, with hunting dogs
No. 100-786 (1x) Mercenary
No. 100-2000 (1x) Farmer's wife, young
No. 100-784 (1x) Werni, the hunter
No. 100-778 (1x) GeÃler
No. 100-785 (1x) Mercenary FrieÃhardt
No. 100-1999 (1x) Farmer's wife
No. 100-2006 (1x) Farmer, with axe
No. 100-779 (1x) Bertha von Bruneck
No. 100-2002x (1x) Hat on the pole
No. 100-1998 (1x) Shepherd
No. 100-2007 (1x) Mercenary, spike horizontal
No. 100-1995 (1x) Pastor Rösselmann, conjuring with cross
No. 100-1991 (1x) Maid
No. 100-2004 (1x) Farmer
No. 100-1994 (1x) Maid with child
No. 100-1990 (1x) Farmer's wife Armgart
No. 100-2005 (1x) Mercenary Leuthold
No. 100-1993 (1x) Walter Fürst, Tell's father-in-law
No. 100-1989 (1x) Farmer
No. 100-1996 (1x) Rudolf de Harras (GeÃler's stable master) z.Pf., holding a horse
No. 100-1992 (1x) Journeyman from Uri