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Out running around a few weeks ago up in northern Indiana and found this Marx Tin Windup Drummer Soldier Tin Litho. It works just like the day it was new. Wind him up and he starts drumming and his eyes move back and forth. On the back it shows Made In The United States Of America, New York, N. Y.
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