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Japanese WWI style tank, 1920s-30s. Unknown maker, tin wind up.

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Tin Model Cars128 of 188Miniture tin wind ups, military edition! Mixed makers, Gama, Kellermann, German and Japanese. German WWI style tinplate tank, 1920s or early 1930s. Unknown Maker.
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    Posted 12 years ago

    Dr_Rambow
    (88 items)

    I absolutely love the crazy camouflage pattern on this thing. There used to be a delicate tin gun in either side sponson, but it's in fairly nice condition otherwise.

    It has a simple wind up motor similar to one of my others I recently posted. It's about the same size too (this is 6 1/2" versus 7").
    http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/44321-german-wwi-style-tinplate-tank-1920s-or?in=user

    It's probably not surprising that Japanese and German toys of this era can be very similar, this not being the best example. Sometimes the differences are only in the litho and, of course, one is stamped "Germany" and the other "Japan".

    Would love to know the maker if anyone has an idea.

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    1. turningjapanese turningjapanese, 6 years ago
      hi ive had a number of tanks, the one pictured in my profile is a maybe 1930s Japanese tank, in good working order. where a man pops out as the tank moves and makes a rat tat sound

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