50. Board game.- Festungs und Belagerungspiel; Le Jeu de Siège; The Game of Siege, chromolithographed board depciting fort and besieging soldiers folding in two, with 24 yellow and 2 black wooden playing pieces and sheet of instructions in German, French and English (browned and split at fold), together in original cardboard box with lid, gold-printed black label mounted on lid, rubbed, box 308 x 161 x 32mm., n.p., n.d. [late 19th century].
est. £200 – £300
A version of the game fox and geese, or officers and sepoys, but with an obviously European setting and soldiers wearing Prussian-style helmets.