A RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY PAINTED CAST IRON MECHANICAL 'TOMM...

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A RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY PAINTED CAST IRON MECHANICAL 'TOMMY!' MONEY BOX by John Harper & Co Willenhall, England, Patent No 642816, 1914, modelled as a prone soldier with rifle, sprung mechanism fires a coin into the stump base, mounted on a grassy naturalistic stand and embossed "TOMMY!" - stamped beneath beatrice. (30cm wide)