Jos. Scholz

5255 (on cover)

5255/5256 (on rules)

[title Fußballspiel]

D.R.G.M
No. 775634.

Verlag v. Jos. Scholz, Mainz.

No. 5255.

football, soccer, ball, pitch

label under box lid

8¼ inches wide — 11¼ inches high — 1¼ inches deep

21 cm wide — 28.6 cm high — 3.2 cm deep

Label with white outer border, then dark red/brown line, then brown line, then dark red/brown line, then wide brown border, then dark brown line, then brown line, then dark brown border.

At top, "Fußballspiel" (light yellow, Fraktur font) is on a dark red/brown rectangle.

Below is an illustration of footballers, all with light brown hair, playing on a green grass. At left rear a man (yellow shirt and blue stripe down the center, brown shorts, and blue socks (uniform 1) is running forward/

To his right in the foreground is an opponent man (red shirt, white color, white pants, green socks (uniform 2)) is running near another footballer (uniform 1) who is kicking ball with left leg.

Behind him at mid-rear is another opponet man (uniform 2).

At bottom is a dark brown rectangle extending across most of the box width. At lower left, "D.R.G.M." (a patent issued between 1891 and 1949) is above "No. 775634.", both in dark brown in a white rectangle. At center, "Verlag v. Jos. Scholz, Mainz." is shown in yellow Fraktur font. At lower right, "No. 5255." in dark brown appears in a white rectangle.

dull dark red, empty

dull dark red, empty

The cardboard playing surface game board measures 20 3/4" on the long side of the football pitch, and 15 1/4" along the short side. It has 3 cardboard fold lines, and folds horizontally first and then vertically. The game board label is light green on the outside, has a black border, and then a mottled slightly darker green pitch area. It is marked with goals and positions for a European football game, with positions marked with "X"s.

Two goals are provided. Each has black wooden bases on either side, measuring 7/8" by 1/4" by 1/4". A red-painted metal rod forms an upside-down "U" that measures 3" wide and 1 3/4" tall.

Plastic winks measuring 5/8" in diameter and 1/16" thick are provided in green and dark blue, 20 winks each.

2 squidgers measuring 1" in diameter and 1/16" thick are provided, both black.