. - Tin toy - 276 - 1930-1940 - Germany

Rare old tin toy boat Germany 276

An old tin toy boat with a driver. The boat is red and cream in colour and bears the number 276 and 'GERMANY' on the back. There are also lifebuoys on the boat.

The marking "GERMANY 276" on your boat is direct evidence of the rich German tradition in tin toys. Although the design closely resembles the American Lindstrom models, this is a rarer example from a German manufacturer, such as Arnold or Michael Seidel.
What does "276" stand for?
With German tin toys from the period 1930-1940, such a number usually indicated a specific catalog number. At that time these numbers were used to distinguish between different lengths or colour schemes of the same basic model.
lengte 33 cm / breedte 7 cm