Märklin K.d.F. Wagen

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Märklin K.d.F. Wagen
'Volkswagen' ('people's car') Saloon, Cat. Ref. 5521/9, single casting, blue-grey with brown wheel arches, silvered front bumper and registration plate 111A -9, silvered rear bumper and registration plate K.d.F.('Kraft durch Freude') 'Strength through Joy', silvered door handles, un-varnished matt blue-grey tinplate base impressed Marklin, 9 and Made in Germany, olive green tinted flat disc hubs and black herring bone rubber tyres 1939 --4¼in (11cm) (G, some small chips, slight fatigue to hubs)

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Literature

Model Cars of the World. J.Greilsamer and B.Azema. Lausanne 1967 page 60 Made in Germany. Dr.Edward Force. Schiffer 1990 colour plate 42 and page 177 Märklin-Autos Band 1. Borch-Verlag KG. 1998 pages 26 and 27

Lot Essay

Märklin Swiss catalogue of products (ref.D-16) 1939-1940 page 62 illustrates model K.d.F. Wagen priced -.60 Märklin Belgian catalogue of products 1939-1940 illustrates model La Voiture Populaire priced 7.- francs The model appears in a night-time scene publicity photograph in Swiss catalogue of products 1939 within a Leipzig Toy Trade Fair layout

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