EARLY NOMURA, CIRCA 1950'S, JAPANESE MID-20TH CENTURY, POST-WWII, VINTAGE COLOR LITHOGRAPHED, ENAMEL PAINTED, BATTERY OPERATED, PRESSED TIN FIRE LADDER TRUCK, with SEATED FIREMAN & STANDING FIREMAN HOLDING RED FIRE FLAG on SIDE of CAB, F.D. 6097 (MISSING TWO ADDITIONAL STANDING FIREMEN at REAR)
(Circa 1950-1956)
Mid-20th century, post-WWII Japanese vintage battery-operated, color lithographed, enamel painted, pressed tin toy firetrucks & other toy firefighting vehicles
DIMENSIONS:
4 ½" Height (ladder down,) 15 ¾" full Height (ladder up)
x 10 ½" Length x 3 ½" Depth
Weight: 11.7 oz.
DESCRIPTION:
There's some minor-mod oxidation which occurs prncplly on the chrome mtl fire ladder truck accessories. No earnest attempt has been made to clean up these oxidized areas w/#0000 extra fine steel wool & cleaner. The bottom tin plate's more sgnfcntly cmprmsd, shwng the firetruck at some pnt was plcd dwn upon a cement or concrete surface, being in constant contact w/suspended moisture. Curiously, the red enamel painted body of the fire ladder truck is almost free of oxidation & remains in quite good cond. Missing two additional firemen prev located at the rear. It rmns as it was fnd in the home it was rmvd from.
CONDITION:
Fair to Good overall vintage condition.