Another military personnel set that I recently acquired is the 603 Army Personnel-Private (seated).  A few months earlier, I had purchased a similar set, but had not noticed that the soldiers were made of plastic and not metal.  I was somewhat disappointed, as though they looked quite good, they were so light that it was difficult for them to stay in place.  Recently, another set became available, and it was for sure the metal version, so I bought it.  This also appears to be mint and never used or even removed from their sitting place in the box.  After checking, I determined that this set was not introduced until 1957, and my box lid does show a 1957 date.  All in all, Dinky did a nice job with these soldiers. Not as detailed as the various pre-war versions, they still add quite a bit to the military pieces in a collection.

      Regards,  Terry