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I can only say I my defence that when I first saw the pictures they looked like triple barred pots.
But on the other hand you're also right - zischagge were about but not in those kind of numbers.
The trumpeter should - you are correct - look more like the Revell figure but having him with a seperate arm means the trumpet itself is less of a problem as the figure can be used for other things.