Battle Positions by MORGOMA

The company Mortiz Gottschalk from Marienberg "MORGOMA" (Saxon Erzgebirge) has produced in the 30s very high quality positions for soldiers of 7 cm size. These are similar to Lineol's emplacements and are often mistaken for them. Unfortunately, there are only very few documents about the offered assortment, so that it is difficult to document this position system without gaps.

Characteristic for MORGOMA positions is the dark brown matte base painting of the components. Often the underside is painted only partially on the edges, while the center is left natural. Elevations are painted with light green color. In command posts, entrances are covered with milled boards meant to represent two black wooden beams.

Command posts have been partially labeled with small signs. These are attached to cardboard about 2 mm thick and are either black with white lettering or white with black lettering and a red frame.

Battle Trenches

The present battle trenches and positions can be combined with each other in any way. In addition to a barbed wire entanglement, these trenches also have the obligatory back wall. Due to their construction, these can also be combined very well with the trenches of the company Lineol.

No.	Component
388/4	Ditch, straight
388/4 ½	Ditch with wire entanglement, straight
	Ditch with wire entanglement, diagonal
	Ditch with wire trench and exit
388/10	Ditch with MG position
	Trench with mine launcher position

Command Posts

The present command posts have a connection to the trench system, so that they can be easily combined with each other.

For the small Gefechststände there seems to have been a basic model that was varied by labeling into smaller additional parts.

No.	Component
	telephone department
649/12	Command post commander
649/13	flashing station
649/14	Command post with telephone section
	Telephone section with observation post and pioneer trench
649/18	Regimental command post

Other Battlefield Facilities

No.	Component
134	shelter
	Observation post

Fortresses

Remarkable are the large fortifications. Here certainly still play the experiences from the I. World War I and the reports about the Maginot Line. Since these pieces have no connection to the trenches, they should probably be placed well behind the front lines.

No.	Component
	lock fort
647/3	amoured fort

Combat field

In addition to this emplacement system, MORGOMA also developed a modular battlefield where all parts can be placed seamlessly together to create a continuous battlefield with realistic trenches. For this purpose, there were four different construction kits that complemented each other to form a large battlefield. The parts of these terrain kits are well documented by an assembly instruction. Command posts were partly also provided with small signs. Since these are also available in French and German, it can be assumed that these terrain kits were also sold abroad as accessories to mass soldiers.

No	Construction Kit
496/50	Battlefield construction kit, 4 parts
496/75	Battlefield construction kit, 5 parts
496/100	Battlefield construction kit, 6 parts
496/200	Battlefield construction kit, 8 parts
496/300	Battlefield construction kit, 23 parts

The large 496/300 battlefield construction set apparently came in a solid wooden frame.

The individual terrain parts are described in the article about the MORGOMA battlefield.

Source List

• Preibsch, Fritz, Toy Soldiers, Bunkers & Accessories, 2007.

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