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CRESCENT

Crescent made many fine plastic toy soldiers. In addition to their own line they also provided many of the figures for the Kelloggs cereal company to be used as give away premiums.

Examples of Crescent Mounted Figures

Examples of Crescent Romans

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Crescent 60mm ACW Figures

Civi war figures can be found in both blue and gray plastic and paint schemes.

Crescent 60mm U.S. Cavalry Figures

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Crescent 60mm Cowboys

Like other figures expect a good deal of paint loss. There seem to be a least two color schemes for the figures.

Crescent also made one other 60mm Cowboy. Marked C42 under the base there do not seem to be any others in this series. It could be that one cavity of the original mold was damaged and this figure was used as a replacement.

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Crescent 60mm Mexican Cowboys

Photo of Indian with lance and shield courtesy of Les Gardner.

Crescent 54mm Indians

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Crescent 54mm Cowboys

Originals seem to be made in red and shades of blue while the ones made for Kelloggs (and marked as such) seem to be a pale yellow.

T24 Dual Cactus, green.

Arabs

60mm WWII and Modern Military Figures

Examples of WWII Russians

Ref K17 - 8th Army kneeling w/ radio.

Crescent 60mm British Paratroopers

Sometimes these figures do not have their P # under the base. Paint is probably worn or missing all together.

Crescent 60mm Armymen

Small bunker front sold in window box sets, closer to HO scale than 60mm.

54mm WWII and Modern Military Figures

54mm Crescent WWII British Infantry

This group was widely copied in "HO" scale in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

>Scots Guard standing shooting rifle, 54mm.

This figure was made by Tom Smith under a license from the Crescent Toy Co in England. It represents one of the TV show "Thunderbirds" characters and was given away free in Kelloggs Sugar Smacks as a premium. It also may have been given away in Cristmas Crackers packages. Under the base is marked - C 1966 A.P.F. (over) TOM SMITH (over) & Co Ltd (over) Made In England.

KELLOGGS

English cereal premiums. Most were made either from Crescent molds or sculpted from the Crescent master figures. I find some with paint like most English made figures from this era, but it is possible they were not factory painted as they were included with a food product. Those that are painted suffer from the same paint loss like other figures from the 50-60s. Under each base is 'KELLOGGS THE GREATEST NAME IN CEREALS".