Glasgow Evangelistic Assoc. Collection Bank for Evangelical Schemes and Free Breakfasts puzzle toy this wonderful fellow lost part

this wonderful fellow lost part of one arm and also the very corner tip of his hat along the way--but he's so good I'd just call them battle wounds

Albumen print mounted to card

2 1/4" tall x 7/8" wide x 5/8" deep

from a whole array of barnyard animals to camel

1900 or so

Glasgow Evangelistic Assoc. Collection Bank for Evangelical Schemes and Free Breakfasts puzzle toy this wonderful fellow lost partSuch a fun one, most of all to me for the use of the phrase "Evangelical Schemes," impressed into one side of the loaf shaped collection bank. "Tent Hall Free Breakfasts" on the other, "and" on both short sides, and a paper label on the underside connecting it to the Glasgow United Evangelistic Association, which operated in Glasgow, Scotland from the late 19th c. until the early 1970s. I'd guess this dates to the 1930s 40s or so and clearly was meant