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<p>[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 4409914, member: 14916"]I really do not agree to your interpretation here. I haven't read anything about Haudot anti French sentiment. If I read his biography a hate agains German seen more likely because he was a soldier and POW in WWII. That is the only lead I have got.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know the Sammelkasten, but these 50 casts were all handmade and -painted. Even the box and description are hand written. This seems far too costly as a child tool. When this box was made (before 1963) Haudot still was "head of the photo laboratory at the Bas Rhin prefecture in the departmental archives service" and made these seal in his spare time. Only 8 years later (in 1971) he started the museum. I find it very unlikely these boxes were made for children.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 4409914, member: 14916"]I really do not agree to your interpretation here. I haven't read anything about Haudot anti French sentiment. If I read his biography a hate agains German seen more likely because he was a soldier and POW in WWII. That is the only lead I have got. I know the Sammelkasten, but these 50 casts were all handmade and -painted. Even the box and description are hand written. This seems far too costly as a child tool. When this box was made (before 1963) Haudot still was "head of the photo laboratory at the Bas Rhin prefecture in the departmental archives service" and made these seal in his spare time. Only 8 years later (in 1971) he started the museum. I find it very unlikely these boxes were made for children.[/QUOTE]
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