Scarce Werner & Schuman German Embossed Die-Cut Soldiers Set with Stands, Late 19th Century gifts 1st half 20th c I

1st half 20th c I believe

double sided booklet detailing some 37 different possibilities illustrated through wonderful line drawings--none an easy task

and looks to me like a very earnest

) But it's so fabulous looking I might rather not relegate it to the basement

with a great patina to the metal (which I believe is brass but I guess could possibly be steel given a brass-like finish)

Scarce Werner & Schuman German Embossed Die-Cut Soldiers Set with Stands, Late 19th Century gifts 1st half 20th c IThere is a dealer at a shop I frequent in New Hampshire who I believe spent her whole life collecting antique toys and games; occasionally I hit the shop just right and come home with a small trove of good ones. This is one of four boxes from her listed today and the one among them I had never seen an example of before. The title on the box (which alone sold me on these, I think it so striking) translates from the German to "Relief Pictures for