Fun vintage felt sculpture Devil Hand Puppet by Kersa Germany

8 inch glove

no ID

c1950s

Red felt sculpture head, red felt ears

Black plush hair

Black felt horns and hands

Green and black glass eyes, no chips

Painted mouth

Black stitches visible at neck

Red fabric glove, some dark marks on his back shoulder

Small mark on the side of his felt nose

Fibreboard finger tube inside of excelsior wood wool stuffed head

No fading, no wear
W.(Wilhelmine) Walter KG (Kersa) was founded in 1925 in Lobositz, a small town in Bohemia in the western area of the Czech Republic about 30 miles from Prague. Wilhelmine originally made cloth & soft toys for her children. The "Kersa" trademark began to be used in 1933 derived from the German phrase that means "artistically produced playthings". All teddy bears & soft toys up until 1956 have a little metal Kersa tag. In 1948 Kersa moved to Mendelheim Germany producing teddy bears, dwarves, Easter Rabbits and cats. In 1960 Kersa ceased production of teddy bears and concentrated on making cloth and wooden puppets. Today, Kersa is Germany's leading maker of hand puppets.