The "Indian Bill" Collection
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Several years ago, Deke discovered these high quality, well-kept soldiers in the care of "Indian Bill," an interesting fellow who lives just outside of Mena, Arkansas. Each has their original paint. These are the first antique toy soldiers that Deke collected.
Note: The numbers used below follow O'Brien's classification.
Manoils M79, M90, and Barclay B141
Manoils M110, M94, and M63
Manoils M124, M92, Barclay and B89
Barclays B102, B80, and Manoil M74
Manoils M3, M85, Barclay B77, and Manoil M8