(1920) Eduard Cramer. Herr Houben 30" Button

(1920) Eduard Cramer. Herr Houben 30" Button"Herr Houben" is what I call this rare Eduard Crmer (EDUCA) teddy bear from the early 1920's. He is a huge 30" with excellent mohair coverage.. Woodwool stuffing. All 5 joints work well. Everything is original All in all a lovely, long armed, hunchbacked old Classic bear with lots of charm. Description Date 1915 20 Make Eduard Cramer Button Label Fabric Mohair Blond Size 30 ins Eyes Glass Features Endearing face Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Felt

orange and black spiked eyes

with some patches Stuffing Woodwool Clothes

Not quite the flat face hugmee he still has quite a pointed muzzle and he has the raised outer stitches on his nose stitching

shoe button eyes

Here is lovely Louie

blue and black plastic eyes

Growl Number 380

He is made of pale golden mohair

We call this handsome bear "Sergeant Culver" as he resembles a similar bear who is depicted as the mascot from 1914 of the Culver Military Academy in Logansport

He has lost a lot of his mohair with the majority of it staying on his back

Date 1930 Make French Pintel

Date 1953 Make Chad Valley Button Label Foot Fabric Mohair Size 9 ins Eyes Plastic Features Vertical Nose / Mouth Jointed Fully Jointed Pads Rexine Stuffing Woodwool Kapok Clothes Original Hat / Scarf Growl Working Number 2