*A charming, limited edition, fully jointed 12" white mohair Steiff Teddy Bear with smooth white leather paws. 

*Produced in 1985, the edition was limited to 2500

*Handstitched nose, mouth and paws; black glass eyes.

*Superbly crafted as a faithful replica of an original Steiff model made in 1904 by the firm of Margaret Steiff GmbH of West Germany.

*Vintage and collectible, the original may be seen in the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York.

From https://www.collectorsweekly.com/dolls/steiff-bears

In 1880, a German seamstress named Margarete Steiff, whose bout with polio had limited her to sewing with only one hand, founded the company that bears her name and is today the leader in stuffed, plush bears. Steiff's nephew Richard created the first soft bear for his aunt, whose factory produced all sorts of toys at the time. Steiff's idea for the bear came from his drawings of the animals at the Stuttgart Zoo. An American wholesaler named George Borgfeldt saw the bear at the Leipzig Toy Fair in 1903 and promptly ordered 3000 of them. By World War I, Steiff had sold millions of these toys in the US, Germany and England. Steiff bears made after 1905 have a trademark Steiff button sewn into their ears.