Who made the first wooden toy soldier nutcrackers?
Although Seiffen in the Erzgebirge region of Germany is generally considered the birthplace of the wooden toy soldier nutcracker, many authorities believe it first appeared in Sonneberg in the Thuringia region of Germany. In 1872, Wilhelm Fchtner of Seiffen, known as the father of the nutcrackers, began the first commercial production of nutcrackers making multiple figures from the same basic design.
