#261

German Bisque Helmet Googly by Max Handwerck with Rare Open Mouth
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9" (23 cm.) Bisque socket head with sculpted brown hair peeking from beneath a green helmet decorated with gold finial and gold eagle and having black strap, brown side-glancing googly eyes, painted lashes and feathered brows, accented nostrils, slightly parted lips of open mouth with sweet smile, composition five-piece body, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, very faint hairline at back neck socket. Marks: dep Elite D 1. Comments: Max Handwerck, circa 1915. Value Points: rarer open mouth variation of the German soldier googly with decorated helmet.