PRIZE SHIP YIELDS CARGO OF TOYS
The toy famine, which is still acute, led to a strange sale in London, when dealers bid briskly for what one described as “some of the finest toys of their kind ever seen in London.” “They were all of enemy origin, and comprised battleships, sailing yachts, barges, tip-trucks,, express trains, howitzers, and AA guns. The toys had been taken in a prize by the Admiralty, and showed the kind of things Germany, Hungary, and Italy were making for export. One dealer paid £l2 for a lot of four toys—a model of the Rome express, complete with headlights and interior lighting from a battery in the undercarriage; a battleship, with swivelling gun turrets; a yacht with workable halyards and sails; and motortrucks with a tipping device.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 6
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131PRIZE SHIP YIELDS CARGO OF TOYS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 6
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