 Crescent Scorpion |
 Crescent Scorpion |
 Armored car w/ ammunition trailor |
 Armored car w/ ammunition trailor |
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 Ammunition Limber |
Crescent was founded in 1922 by Henry Eagles and Arthur Schneider. Their company manufactured toy soldiers and other metal figures. After a hiatus in WWII, the company restarted manufacture,also distributed toys from Die Casting Machine Tools, with DCMT on the base. They opened a factory in 1948 and the name "Crescent Toys" was born. About the same time, a split occurred, and the DCMT folks apparently "went their own way" and started Lone Star. (see below). Crescent manufactured some fine military models, some manufactured into the 1980's.
| Model | Number | Dates |
| Two British tanks, Scout car, Russian tank | 650 | 1965-1959 |
| British tank | 696 | 1965-1959 |
| Scout Car | 698 | 1965-1956 |
| Russian tank | 699 | 1965-1956 |
| Field Gun | 1248 | 1957 |
| 18 pound gun | 1249 | 1958-1979 |
| 25 PDR.Gun Howitzer | 1250 | 1958-1980 |
| Medium Howitzer | 1251 | 1958-1980 |
| Supply Truck | 1260 | 1976-1979 |
| Saladin Armoured Car - Olive Drab | 1263 | 1962-1980 |
| Scorpion Tank - Olive Drab | 1264 | 1975-1980 |
| 155mm Artillery Gun 'Long Tom' | 155 | 1960-1968 |
| M109 self propelled gun | 1265 | 1977-1980 |
| Recovery vehicle | 1266 | 1978-1979 |
| Rocket and Lorry | 1267 | 1958-1963 |
| Rescue Crane | 1270 | 1958-1960 |
| Saladin Armoured Patrol set | 1270 | 1975-1980 |
| Mobile gun | 1271 | 1958-1960 |
| Artillery | 1271a | 1976-1980 |
| Armoured Patrol Set - Contains: Saladin Armoured
Car, Ammunition Limber, 25 pound Gun with detachable platform. |
2154 | 1962-1974 |
 Lone Star Box |
 Lone Star Box rear |
 Lone Star Box side |
 Lone Star Bren gun Carrier |
 Lone Star Bren gun Carrier |
 Lone Star Bren gun Carrier |
 Lone Star Pom Pom Gun #1526 |
 Lone Star Pom Pom Gun #1526 |
 Lone Star Pom Pom Gun #1526 |
As noted above, "Lone Star" was the part of of Die Casting Machine Tools Ltd. They made a variety of diecast metal toys. Lone Star started manufacturing cars in 1956 and by 1960 it had a full line of cars under the name of Roadmasters and Impy. At one point in time they also made toys for Tootsie Toys. The company went out of business in the mid 1980's.
| Army Strike Force Model | Number | Intl Peace Force (1974) | Number | Modern Army Series | Number |
| Anti-Tank Gun | 1521 | small tank (blue) | 1271 | Bren Gun Carrier | ? |
| 25# pounder field gun | 1522 | Mortar Launcher | 1272 | Mobile Fighting Unit Rocket Launcher | |
| Armoured Car | 1523 | Radar Unit | 1273 | ||
| Rocket Launcher | 1524 | Ack-Ack gun | 1274 | ||
| Jeep - U.S Army | 1525 | Silver canon | 1275 | ||
| Pom-Pom gun trailer | 1526 | Blue Jeep | 1277 |
Other good Lone Star Websites include:
Johnson, Dana. Collector's Guide to Diecast Toys and Scale Models, Collector Books, 1998
Johnson, Dana. Toy Car Collectors Guide, Collector Books, 2002
Ragan, Mac. Diecast Cars of the 1960's, MBI Publishing Company, 2000
Ramsay, John. British Diecast Model Toys Catalog, 6th ed. Swapmeet Publications, 1995
