Scarce Werner & Schuman German Embossed Die-Cut Soldiers Set with Stands, Late 19th Century rare book Of course what immediately sold

Of course what immediately sold me on it was the very naively drawn little man and little cow in the foreground--the man with what looks like a walking stick in hand

but this one has been beautifully preserved

The drawing is signed at the center of the bottom edge

I was thinking that this old egg shipping crate

Scarce Werner & Schuman German Embossed Die-Cut Soldiers Set with Stands, Late 19th Century rare book Of course what immediately soldThere is a dealer at a shop I frequent in New Hampshire who I believe spent her whole life collecting antique toys and games; occasionally I hit the shop just right and come home with a small trove of good ones. This is one of four boxes from her listed today and the one among them I had never seen an example of before. The title on the box (which alone sold me on these, I think it so striking) translates from the German to "Relief Pictures for