Beautiful Chad Valley toy world globe. Made from lithographed tinplate. In amazing condition for its age! Some minor traces of wear to the globe itself, mostly some spots on the underside (south pole). The base has some white paint dots that I have not been able to remove.
Height: 29 cm / 11.4" Diameter of the base: 18 cm / 7" Diameter of the globe: 20 cm / 7.9"
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On the dating of this globe (source: Brighton Toy Museum)
The existence on the globe of French West Africa (Afrique occidentale française, AOF) dates it to before 1960 (when the federation broke up), and the existence of a single undivided Germany then dates the globe back further, to pre-1949, when the country was split by occupying Allied forces into East Germany and West Germany (which were reunified in 1990).
The map also seems to include the State of Israel, which came into being in 1947 ... this would appear to date the globe's artwork quite tightly, to 1947-49, a period almost immediately after the end of World War Two (1939-1945).
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