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A mid-century Japanese import, this flocked trumpet player is dressed in blue, red, and gold, with a blow-mold celluloid face and gold tinsel plume.
Materials: Fabric, celluloid
Dimensions: 7" long overall (hat plume to trumpet base); 4.5" from hat top to base
Origin: Japan
Era: Vintage, 1950s
Condition: Very good vintage condition — light flocking wear on the hat where a visor was likely originally glued. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
His shoulder epaulettes remain in place, and his plastic trumpet is intact — a detail that's often missing on pieces like this, making a complete example genuinely hard to find.
The final recruit in a marching band that's rarely found complete.
Marching band figures were a popular novelty theme in mid-century Japanese Christmas exports, often sold individually so collectors could assemble their own band over time. Complete figures with all their small accessories intact — trumpets, batons, plumes — have become increasingly scarce as those pieces are the first to go missing over decades of handling.
Pairs perfectly with our Drum Major Head and Marching Band Mouse for a full parade lineup on the tree.
