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Lot Essay
(Automatic Pleasures, N. Costa p.123; Costa-Haskell p.28)
Details
A rare 'Allies Flags' wall machine
by the Automatic Novelty Co., London, with pin-ball run, ball catcher with shield front, with the legend UNITY IS STREGNTH above, five 'enemy' flags obscured by five further 'allied' hinged flags, controlled by lever for ball skill, on faded red velvet backboard in oak case, 1916. -24in. (61cm.) high
by the Automatic Novelty Co., London, with pin-ball run, ball catcher with shield front, with the legend UNITY IS STREGNTH above, five 'enemy' flags obscured by five further 'allied' hinged flags, controlled by lever for ball skill, on faded red velvet backboard in oak case, 1916. -24in. (61cm.) high
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