Molding removal tool assembly

A molding removal tool assembly configured to assist a person in prying molding off of a wall surface without damaging the wall surface, said assembly comprising:

• a pry bar with a handle at a proximal end thereof and a pry bar plate secured to said pry bar at a distal end thereof, said pry bar plate extending from said pry bar at an angle thereof;
• a striker shoe having a striker shoe plate secured with a hinge to said pry bar at and aligned with an edge of hinge securement of said pry bar plate to said pry bar, said striker shoe plate having a cutout portion receiving said pry bar plate therein whereby said pry bar plate and said striker plate are substantially flush with each other in a common plane when said pry bar plate is fully received in said cutout portion of said striker shoe plate, said striker shoe plate having a striker edge exposed in a direction opposite to the direction of extension of said pry bar plate for receiving hammer blows in order to simultaneously wedge said flush striker shoe and pry bar plates between a wall surface and molding attached to the wall surface.