Antique German, STEIFF Military uniformed Soldier, button-in-ear doll EXCELLENT

Description

Here is a wonderful and very
rare,
early circa 1914, German Steiff (script
ff
button-in-ear) jointed caricature, uniformed male doll with exaggerated features. Called, "
Infantry Grenadier
" or "
Tommy
" on pages 107-110, "Steiff Teddy Bears, Dolls & Toys"-Wilson & Conway, he measures,
14 1/2" tall, with swivel joints at his shoulders and hips with long slender legs and large, flat pointed feet. He has large felt hands with individually stitched fingers, a
swivel neck, black beady eyes, mustache
and the
early stitched, center face seam & applied ears.
He wears his original, dark grey, two-piece, felt uniform with many brass buttons
and
brown leather
belt (impressed STEIFF
)
to match his brown leather shoes, dark red trim on jacket, cuffs, collar, stripe on trousers and matching, trimmed military cap, large metal buckle and
sword in belt
. See him also on page 37, "Antique Doll Collector", August 2016 issue. He has excellent color and blush to hands, face and ears. He has no stains or fading, no holes or tears, no repairs or touch up and is in excellent condition (one small button on cuff is missing and another is missing the button cover). (loc L1) These very early Steiff dolls are getting extremely hard to find. See also page 60, "Cloth Dolls"-Linda Edwards for more details. Other items shown are
not
included.
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