#1047

German Tin Lever-Mechanical Soccer Player by Kellerman
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5.5"h. Standing upon a tin lithographed platform designed to appear as grass is a flat-dimensional tin soccer player with well-detailed uniform and caricature face. He is hinged at left arm, mouth and left leg. When lever is pushed he simultaneously kicks the soccer ball (which drops into a slot in the platform),raises his arm in triumph, and opens wide his mouth as though shouting in glee. Marked Cko Germany. Kellerman, circa 1920. Excellent condition, functions well, lithography beautifully designed and preserved.