[alexismo]

I have a very odd nutcracker. It's solid hand carved wood. It's in the likeness of a man dressed in a red jacket and white pants, with black boots. Inside of its mouth it has 6 teeth, 3 on top and bottom. The figure also has a red flat hat on the right side of it's head. The hat has a strange inscriptioin on it.
While doing some investigation into the nutcracker, I found out that Nutcarackers were made in the likeness of certain people to kind of degrade them. I was also told by a collector that he thought it might be in the likeness of Hitler.
So now I am completely confused.
If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

[Clough]

Does yours look anything like those that you might find on the pages of the following image search? Antique Wooden Nutcracker - Google Image Search

There is also quite a bit of information about the history of nutcrackers on the following links.

History of Nutcrackers

The History of Nutcrackers

Art and Culture, History of the Nutcrackers - Amazines.com Article Search Engine

[alexismo]

Nope, it's totally different. It doesn't have any hair on it, it's about a foot tall, and the teeth in it's mouth are little black nubs. I'll try to upload some photos.
Thanks though.

[Clough]

We will look forward to some images being posted! Are there any marks like letters or numbers on it that might help in the identification? If you could provide also a close-up of the inscription on it, that would help.

We don't guarantee results here. But, we can try...