This page has links to pages copied from various web-sites that have information about the family and company history & are reproduced here in case they should be removed at any time.

The Ertl Company page.

The W. Britain Company page.

The Old Toy Soldier page.

The V & A Museum of Childhood page.

There is also information on the Wikipedia web-site about Britains Toys plus information about the artist Fred Whisstock who was an illustrator for them and designed the labels for the boxes.