Hausser-Elastolin Tin Hand Painted Battery Operated Large Half Track *SOLD*

Hausser-Elastolin Tin Hand Painted Battery Operated Large Half Track

We have the BIG Hausser Half Track coming.   This is the one with Elastolin men inside and with the desirable battery-op and wartime camouflage.

A brief history of Elastolin-Hausser/O. & M. Hausser of Ludwigsburg, Germany:

1904 – 1983

Founder: Otto and Max Hausser

Specialty: Dolls, toys, and military miniatures of composition sawdust and glue, made under the name “Elastolin”.  The company also made still banks from 1929-1939.

The Hausser family and company began in 1904 by two brothers Otto and Max in Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart (Southern Germany).  They began trading dolls and toys as well as manufacturing dolls under the Muller & Freyer name.  About 1912 they began making figures 10-14 cm and later 7 cm sizes.  Around this time they began marketing their composition figures under the “Elastolin” line.  Vehicles often received the official family namesake “Hausser” toys.