WWI Rare Tin Litho Jointed "Sammy" Soldier with Sword Godde Brothers earlyish 20th century

earlyish 20th century

There are beautiful dovetailed corners on all sides of the box and on the corners of the drawers

This planter has about the most beautiful form I can imagine

This guy is the real deal--a very early issue tin litho Lehmann Climbing Monkey

WWI Rare Tin Litho Jointed "Sammy" Soldier with Sword Godde Brothers earlyish 20th centuryI have only found one other of these out there anywhere, which its citation referred to as an "Active Sammy" "the first action figure!" produced by UToys (Patent Pending). That one was attached to a base advertising the Thomas S. Childs Inc. shoe company of Holyoke, Massachusetts, so I think perhaps these were produced during WWI as promotional give aways, fitting into bases customized for various companies. This one no longer has a base, but a pretty