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Here is a sweet old German vintage yellow mohair teddy bear, 40 cm / 16 inches tall, and made in the 1930s to 1950s by Richard Diem in Sonneberg, Thuringia.
Our fine old bear is one of the famous Diem Teddy Bears, quite rare by now! German vintage Diem teddy bear would make a fine companion for your darling doll or love to be with other bears in a collection!
Vintage Diem teddy is firmly stuffed with wood wool (excelsior), made of fine light yellow mohair, as you can see in the photographs.
Bear lost approximately 30% of the long hair mohair, please, do see all the photographs provided!
Bears muzzle is inset with short mohair (more intensive in colour as the long hair mohair), same as the paws, its full set of 3 claws, nose, and mouth stitches are all present, and it has pale back painted glass eyes, all original.
All five disk joints are working perfectly, old teddy can hold any pose! The growler in the old bearu2019s belly is still giving a cute little mouse-sound when the bear is moved.

The round flat head, large ears and large feet with cardboard soles inside make our German vintage bear the very model of the distinctive and famous Diem Teddy Bear, the overall shape and quality of the making are a sure sign of the early date of origin of this beautiful old bear! The pink satin bow was added by me.
This bear is in very good condition despite having lost a bit of hair!

Richard Diem founded his teddy bear manufactory in 1896 in Sonneberg, Thuringia, at this time being the very centre 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; so, 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. Sadly, today nothing remains of the famous bear maker and his family in his hometownu2026

*Please, be aware that NONE of the decorations you see in the photographs will come with the old Diem bear depicted in the first photographs ? this listing is for this vintage Diem bear ONLY!

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*Please notice: This vintage Diem teddy bear does not belong into the hands of children; it may not fulfill the safety standards for toys in our time! So, bear is not a childrenu2019s toy, though an adult collectoru2019s & vintage toy loveru2019s item for decoration & display only!

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