Rare German Mechanical Walking

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10" (25 cm.) Felt swivel head with center seam,black shoe-button eyes,shaped nose,little mouth,stitched-on ears,firm-body with internal mechanism that attaches to the wheeled metal feet,hinged arms,brown felt uniform that is fixed to the doll. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Schuco,circa 1917,the figure,tradenamed "Automato" When wound,the "freely marching toy moves forward and backward,turns to the left and to the right and stops at command" according to the original catalog,the movements achieved by "simply reversing the levers". The model in brown khaki felt was marketed as "Anglo-American Soldier". Value Points: rare early mechanical toy from Schuco in well-preserved condition,mechanism functions well.