Striking Reproduction Of German-Russian Battle -- A members of the Reichswehr shows his colleagues the striking model. Members of the Reichswehr in Berlin have just completed a striking model of the battle of Gumbinnen, which took place on August 20th 1914. The landscape is laid out in a vast room and over 13,000 tin soldiers were used to complete the scene and show the positions of the German and Russian troops. August 27, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).;Striking Reproduction Of German-Russian Batt