Dancing Sailor

Sailor in blue suit

Model: 535
Type: People
Topic: Garages & Autoservice
Country of manufacture: Germany
Mechanism: Clockwork
Movement: Waves body laterally as if drunk
Materials: Tin & cloth
Dimensions (LxWxH cm): 5x7x19
Condition: Very Good
Manufactured: 1904 – 1948

Research notes

Bonnet says: S.M.S. EMDEN: Germany Imperial Navy: a) SMS Emden (1908): a fast cruiser of the Dresden class operated from 1909 to 1914. b) SMS Emden (1916): a fast cruiser of the Königsberg class operated from 1916 to 1918. The toy was inspired by the ironclad "Branderburg" put in service in 1893.