Show A first toy soldiers date back to the middle ages Z HE toy soldiers which will figure in a number of christmas stockings can boast of a long and distinguished pedigree the children of ancient rome played with miniature warriors and some of 0 the toy soldiers Bold lers of the I 1 diddle ages are real works of art A number of 0 them are still preserved in in british museums ind and are elaborate models of knights in armor of real artistic value but they were originally made as childrens toys later in the seventeenth century miniature soldiers were made which were really pioneers of the modern mechanical toy as they could go through the regulation drill of the time |