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Here comes a small sitting vintage Diem red duck doll with original label, made by the famous teddy bear maker Richard Diem in the 1950s to 1960s in Germany, when his daughter in law had taken over the firm. It can hardly be over-stressed how rare it is to find Diem plush toys with their original paper label nowadays! A dream for the Diem collector!
Our caricatured duck here is made of red, green, and yellow felt, with grey mohair head, firmly stuffed, and has black glass eyes, and its original green cap. The yellow collar is held by a red glass button, all original as well!
The old duck (u201cSchnatterinchen`, a nickname for duck in German as you can read on the label) measures 10 cm / 4 inches sitting ? it is constructed to sit only, and in excellent condition.

Here is something to the history of the manufacturer:
Richard Diem founded his teddy bear manufactory in 1896 in Sonneberg, Thuringia, at this time being the very center of the European bear production. They had their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. Richard Diem died in 1938 of Tuberculosis, his son Arno died 1946; Richardu2019s daughter in law, Liese Lotte took over and produced bears and other toys until 1976 when the GDR regime closed down her business finally. She left GDR and died 1989 in Dusseldorf, western Germany. Sadly, today nothing remains of the famous bear maker and his family in his hometownu2026

*Please, do be aware that this listing is for the vintage Diem red duck with label as shown in the first pictures ONLY! Other items you see in the photographs will NOT come with the caricatured old Diem duck depicted in the first photographs!

We do have some more vintage Diem products listed in our store, teddy bears, another duck, a dog, two monkeys, one with label, one without, which you find reflected in the price:

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*Please notice: This vintage Diem original red duck doll with label belongs not into the hands of children; it may not fulfill the safety standards for toys in our time! So, it is not a childrenu2019s toy, though an adult toy loveru2019s & collectoru2019s item for display & decoration only!

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