French Dinky 568
French Dinky 568 Berliet Fire Escape. Near mint plus /boxed, with packing & Instruction Leaflet. A sought-after model. From The Cumbrian Collection.
Notes
This Fire Engine model is presented in a colourfully illustrated box with a dramatic fire rescue scene depicted.
Vivid red and silver finish, grey interior, red painted concave wheels on this Berliet model. Untarnished ladders. Well-shaped original tyres and bright metal winding handle and cuffs.
Displays well.
Occasional little mark at a raised detail/exposed edge and a minute mark on the roof support where the ladder rests (often found with more marks than this).
The colourfully illustrated card box is strongly-coloured, clean and complete, with the French Dinky Factory Control Stamp (faint) on the inside of the box lid. Colours are day-one bright throughout including the box base. Traces of the old tape which kept the lid closed, and a very small area of surface loss at a lid end.
Inside you will find the card packing insert (tear-free):
Instruction Leaflet:
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