#845

German Tin Toy "Express" with String Movement by Lehmann
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$300
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6" (15 cm.) A delivery man with painted blue jacket, lithographed striped pants, is pulling a two-wheeled lithographed red striped Express wagon. When string-cord wound, the wheels turns and the man appears to walk forward, alternating leg movement. The head is rigid. Very good condition, paint worn on wheels, few paint flakes, mechanism functions. Marked Lehmann with no EPL number. Comment's Lehmann's early version of EPL number 770,circa 1900.