Chinese Tax Police Corps Infantryman Republican Era – Custom Printed Brick Block Figure

English Title & Specific Name

Figure Title: Chinese Tax Police Corps Infantryman Republican Era

Historical Era: Republican China / 1930s; Second Sino-Japanese War context

Faction / Military Branch: Republic of China / Ministry of Finance Tax Police Corps

Detailed Character Identification, Description, and Historical Background

Character Identification

This custom printed brick block figure portrays an unnamed Chinese Tax Police Corps infantryman. Olive clothing, a sun-marked broad-brimmed helmet, crossed tan ammunition belts and a printed backpack create the field-equipment design in this Republican-era pair.

Detailed Character Description

• Headgear & Face: The olive helmet has a rounded dome, broad brim, gold-brown weathered-looking edge accents and a blue-and-white sun emblem. Dark brows and eyes sit above a downturned mouth and small cheek markings.
• Torso & Uniform: The olive tunic carries red collar designs, dark buttons and outlined pockets. A blue rectangular upper-arm patch has a pale border and central oval design.
• Printed Field Equipment: Crossed tan bandoliers and a row of tan belt pouches cover the front. Brown vertical straps continue around the sides; a long dark bayonet-like shape with brown fittings is printed on one side of the legs.
• Rear Printing: A rectangular tan backpack-shaped print fills the back within dark green-brown outlines. Belt pouches and a small rounded equipment shape continue along the lower back; all are printed surface details.
• Legs & Footwear: Olive trouser folds and layered green puttee-like lines lead into black shoes with pale seam and toe outlines. The black footwear contrasts with the officer’s brown shoes.
• Pictured Headgear: The full figure includes its pictured olive helmet. The images show empty hands; the printed ammunition and backpack designs do not add loose equipment pieces.

Historical / Thematic Background

The Tax Police Corps served the Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance during the 1930s. Its original responsibilities included protecting salt fields and combating smuggling, activities tied to the government’s revenue system. It was organized as an armed force, giving fiscal protection a military dimension during a period of political and regional instability.

The infantryman’s role emphasizes the personnel who carried out security duties and later wartime service. On the miniature, crossed bandoliers, belt pouches and a backpack-shaped rear print create the appearance of a soldier prepared for movement in the field. These details make a clear contrast with the officer’s decorated jacket and simpler equipment layout.

Tax Police Corps troops fought in the Shanghai campaigns of 1932 and 1937. After wartime losses and reorganization, a portion of the force became part of the New 38th Division in 1942 and joined the China Expeditionary Force. This broader chronology connects the corps’ salt-security origins with the demands of resistance against Japan and expeditionary operations.

The figure’s sun-marked helmet and olive uniform suit a Republican-era historical display. It can represent the infantry side of a fiscal-security unit or appear alongside the matching officer in a wartime scene. Its importance lies in that unusual institutional background: the same force associated with revenue protection also supplied trained troops for major military campaigns.