Henze and Steinhauser (1936) 11ins The bear has his blank

The bear has his blank button

He has long luscious mohair and 'Happy' written on his huge linen feet

and the nose's shape and stitching pattern

He is 14"/36cm tall and has short pile dark fawn mohair (it is slightly darker than it shows on the photos)

inoperative growler in tummy

Henze and Steinhauser (1936) 11ins The bear has his blankThese are 2 photos from German catalogues. The black and white pic shows a bear made by a company called Henze and Steinhauser. The other golden bear was made by the same company. So many times this type of bear labelled as American. It is almost impossible to identify many bears because they were produced in massive quantities by hundreds of manufactures (many short lived) so it is sometimes better not to try to guess at the maker of some bruins.