SONNEBERG MUSEUM BEAR 2002

HERMANN SONNEBERG MUSEUM BEAR  #9 – 2002
Limited Edition of  750 Worldwide
Hermann create a special bear each year for the Sonneberg Toy Museum, and the first bear of each edition is donated to the museum, so that they will be preserved for posterity.
A lovely bear, sitting with a small bear in a traditional wicker basket.
Made from quality German mohair, with excelsior filling, and has a growler voice.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE SONNEBERG MUSEUM.
The Sonneberg Museum is one of the oldest toy museums in the world. In the possession of the museum there are some old Teddy Bears made by Max Hermann, who gave these bears to the museum in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The idea of Max Hermann was to give Teddy Bears to the museum for protection, so that they will be preserved for prosperity. In 1994 Ulla Hermann decided to design a special bear for the Sonneberg Toy Museum every year and to give always the number 001 of each model to the museum. This bear is handed over to the president of the museum every December for the previous year.
These bears are then released in a European (250) and an American (500) Editions in January of the following year. In Australia we mostly get the European Editions but when they sell out We can often get the American ones.
The common sign of all of these Sonneberg museum bears is the embroidered representation of the ” Sonneberg Little Horseman” as the symbol of the old tradition of Sonneberg Toys.
Sonneberg is a town in Thuringia , Germany , capital of the district Sonneberg . Till the 19th century it was very well known for its toy industry.