Good memories shared Neil! I had one of those given to me Christmas 1969, when I was 5. There was a toy shop fairly local to us, and they always had a box of the Kidditunes records there, from which my dear Mum always used to treat me to one every so often.
I would say this, like all other Homophon 78s, dates from before 1914. I'm led to believe that during the Great War, Britain severed links with Germany's pressing plants for obvious reasons.
Intersting link here on the Homophon label.
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