An unusual bright pink musical teddy bear

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An unusual bright pink musical teddy bear
with bright pink tipped mohair, clear and black glass eyes, pronounced clipped snout, black horizontally stitched nose, black stitched smiling mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed shaped limbs, velvet pads, original ribbon and concertina musical movement in tummy --14in. (35.7cm.) tall, 1929 (slight wear in places)

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This delightful teddy bear was bought by the doctors and nurses from the labour ward at the Leicester Royal Infirmant as a gift for a baby girl born on 18 December 1929. The child's Mother was a polio cripple and father was a farm labourer and sadly they could not afford a bear. Fortunately, the child captured the hearts of the doctors and nurses who all got together to purchase this teddy bear.

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