Monday, July 27, 2009

Tip Top.

a Tippco clockwork motor driven military motorcycle with a sidecar
Tippco, Founded in 1912 and named after an early director/employee, Miss Tipp, its ultimate owner, Phillip Ullman, was forced to flee from Germany in 1933. He went to England, where he founded Mettoy, eventually returning to Germany and recovering his company following the war. Most of the Tippco Hitler era toys were destroyed after the war.

Via: dfw Elite Car Club Toy Museum

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