V. Rare c. 1910 MARKLIN Coastal Defense Gun Kustengeschutz, Tin & Brass Cannon

  

Article no 8049/4 I believe. Great attention to detail, as are all early Marklin product. Gun is made of cast brass with cast iron supports (note fancy M on supports), and is mounted on a circular base which revolves via a gear mechanism.

Gun has a functional firing mechanism but does not appear to have been intended to fire projectiles. Gun is stamped with the early GM logo, and underside has red stamp with GM logo and Germany. Scale is probably about 1/32, the same scale used for 54mm Britains soldiers. Dimensions (excluding cannon & crane): height 7.5 inches (19.0 cm); width 9.5 inches (24.0 cm); base diameter 8.5 inches (21.5 cm). Just a great toy that does not surface very often.

Item is in good used original condition. Item is complete except for crane's chain & hook (part of chain is still there, along with some string that is not original). Some minor rust where tin is exposed. A good cleaning would help brighten the paint work. Brass gun has a couple of bumps.

1910 MARKLIN Coastal Defense Gun Kustengeschutz, Tin & Brass Cannon" is in sale since Sunday, May 22, 2016. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Vintage & Antique Toys\Tin\Other Vintage Tin Toys".

The seller is "antiquesplus4u" and is located in Elyria, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.