German Antique Paper Mache or Composite Toys Start Price USD 800.00 Current Price USD 800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location North Fort Myers, FL See more about 'German Antique Paper Mache or Composite Toys' Description In 1943 the production of toys in Germany came practically to a close as all manufacturing capacity was to be utilized in the production of war materials.   In 1945 shortly after the War had ended an American soldier discovered the above toys in an abandoned toy factory that had been used to produce munitions The toys were "liberated" to America The collection of toys herein offered represent all but two of the original batch that was discovered in that factory and are offered as a collection These toys are of composite materials and also could be paper mache On one of the animals there is a crack on the back of the neck and you can seen down into the crack at small wires This indicates that the piece was fabricated over a wire amature in keeping with both paper mache and other composite toys We do not believe the toy's are of the O&M Hausser Company for we cannot find marking on them that might indicate such   Place a Bid!