MAN MADE SPACE SATELLITE S-2 - YONEZAWA - JAPAN

Red lithographed tinplate Sputnik. A globe shaped toy with four spring antennas. The toy has tin panels representing windows. Advances with siren. Face Import Co. Marked Yonezawa. 3 3/4" 10cm.

There are two versions of this toy: one has a tin window panels with a boy looking out. The other has panels with a silhouette of the dog Laika, the first passenger in the original Sputnik launched in 1957. Date?