Schowanek plug-in construction set Albrechtsdorf i. Isergebirge (Czech Albrechtice), 1930s, company logo and number 1384, consisting of approx. 25 coloured and polished wooden plates, these of different thickness and partly with groove, five coloured lithographed template sheets with 23 figures and original cardboard with cover picture, approx. five small parts missing, otherwise good condition according to age with minimal traces of use, dimensions cardboard 22 x 18 x 2.5 cm.

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