thirty-years-war-cast-iron-chess-set-german-19th-century
August 19, 2017
An antique German cast iron chess set in the manner of the E.G. Zimmerman foundry, (founded in 1842 near Hanau, near Frankfurt); presumably, as the set has no foundry stamp, by a Zimmerman competitor. Zimmerman was known for its cast iron chess sets, which apart from the Thirty Years War set, included Reynard the Fox, the Crusades and Frederick Barbarossa.