My Real German U-boat U-29

[Jody]

Hello,
Yes, you read correctly I own a real German U-boat and it was made in Germany in 1938/39. The only minor detail is that it is a tin wind-up toy made by the Arnold company. These must have been relatively popular for even the famous U-boat ace Schepke gave one to the son of the famous skier Toni Plenk and the little boys name was Horst Plenk.

I have the U-boat displayed with an original color picture that came from an issue of Signal Magazine. I have also included the Signal article (printed in English as it appeared in 1941.

The boat works great and I only had to replace the missing flag with a period tin-plate flag by Elastolin.

Regards,
Jody

[Wagriff]

I Like it! And it's in superb shape, no less! Nice find!

[Woolgar]

What an amazing model !!

Nick

[Jerry B]

Very nice Jody, I have not seen one of these before.

[HARRY THE MOLE]

A nice model!

[HPL2008]

Lovely piece. They just don't make them like they used to...

[CARL]

A superb item, highly sought by collectors. Thank you for sharing this one with us.

[TrondK]

Very nice piece, i usually dont collect non militaria anymore, but i adore antiques- especial these metal toys has a special place in my heart.

And like others has mentiond, these pieces are very collectable.

[Kevin Grootaers]

Very nice indeed.

[SHINDENKAI]

Fantastic condition !

Now you need a decent original box to go with it.

Thank you for sharing.

Regards,
Taka