Crescent
Reference data: Version 1.0 Updated May 2011. Author: D Brown
Contact for changes or updates: blackdragoncollectables@gmail.com
Maker:
- Crescent Toy Company Ltd
Ownership:
The firm was founded by Henry Eagles and Arthur Schneider in 1922
Ceased trading around 1983.
Output:
- Lead and Plastic toys
Country:
- England and Wales
Material:
- Lead
- Plastic
Key people:
- Henry Eagles
- Arthur Schneider
- Harry Eagles ( Harvey )
Figures:
40mm
- Circus ( part set )
- Mounted Cowboys
- Mounted Indians
- Mounted Knights
- Mounted Guardsmen
54mm
- British Infantry
- British Infantry WWI
- Eighth Army
- Romans
- Robin Hood
- Knights
- Cowboys
- Indians
- French Foreign Legion
- Arabs
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Guard’s band
- Guardsmen
- Spacemen
- Farm Workers
- Circus ( part set )
60mm
- Cowboys
- Indians
- Mohican Indians
- US Cavalry
- Mexicans
- American Civil War
- Ceremonial Troops
- Highlanders
- Indian Army
- British Infantry
- Paratroops
- Russians
- Farm Workers
Other
- Siege weapons
- Numerous other toys – Large range of non figure lead and eventually die-cast toys
Figure Types:
- Solid Plastic
- Swoppets
Brands:
- Crescent
- Movables ( Swoppets )
Scale:
- 40mm
- 54mm
- 60mm
Other Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Toys
http://www.lone-star-diecast-bk.com/history.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Star_Toys
References Sources:
Plastic Warrior –http://www.plasticwarrior.co.uk
Vintage Figure Dealer and Collector 
Vintage Toy Figures
Crescent figures don’t seem to have the maker’s name – just ‘MADE IN ENGLAND’ which makes them hard to identify. There are some good pictures in Joplin’s Great Book of Hollowcast figures.
Worth stating that you will find the makers name on Plastic figures but not on hollowcast.
crescent figures had staped on there base .. crescent toy co ltd . ref number made in england