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Sad Sack [Army Private, American Comic Book Character]

c1940s. Painted plaster figurine with fabric clothing, 31 x 10.5 x 8cm. Overall soiling, minor chips to paint on shoes, two buttons missing; one on shirt pocket, the other on arm lapel consistent with a hole in the fabric.

The figurine, which is dressed in an army uniform, has moveable arms using yarn sewn through the torso with a metal button at either shoulder.

Plaster figurines of Sad Sack with this level of detail and quality are extremely uncommon; usually Sad Sack is made from plastic.

“Sad Sack is an American comic strip and comic book character created by Sgt. George Baker during WWII. Set in the United States Army, Sad Sack depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of military life. The so-called ‘unnamed private’ was actually Ben Schnall, a true-life private in the US Army during WWII, [photographer for the weekly] Yank magazine and good curmudgeonly friend of Sgt. George Baker. The title was a euphemistic shortening of the military slang ‘sad sack of shit’, common during WWII. The phrase has come to mean ‘an inept person’ or ‘inept soldier.’” Ref: Getty Images; Wiki.

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Item #CL208-35

Price (AUD): $1,100.00  other currencies