Four Clockwork Tinplate Ocean Liners Germany, circa 1920–1950

Comprising a Fleischman/Carette three-funneled ocean liner with a two-level superstructure on a tan deck over the hull, banded in white and black and red below the water line, a Falk ocean liner with three short funnels atop a two-level superstructure with captain's walk and finished in cream and accented in black over red hull, a smaller Fleischmann/Carette ocean liner with a two-level superstructure fitted with three funnels, a bridge, and a scrolling figurehead at bow, and  an Arnold ocean liner with a small but intricate superstructure surmounted by three black funnels and accented in white and red.



 



Lengths range from 13 to 21 inches

The larger Fleischmann/Carette has been repainted. The Falk has been repainted and is missing a mast and lifeboats and has creasing at the hull. The second Fleischmann/Carette is repainted, and is missing fore and aft masts as well as davits and two lifeboats and has a small section of loose railing. The Arnold is severely blistered.
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