A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type 1 Beetle Size:L: 80 x 60cm Circa 1950

Circa 1950

Workmen in the crypt of the church of St Mary-le-Bow

attended by small boy

Heraldic shield on left depicts the Tudor royal arms and shield on left depicts the City of London arms

A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type 1 Beetle Size:L: 80 x 60cm Circa 1950A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type 1 Beetle. This example was presented to Lord Montagu of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in 1963, to commemorate the sale of the first 100,000 cars in Britain. Ferdinand Porsche produced ancestral KdF wagen prototypes in 1935. Batches of pre production versions followed, before manufacture began in 1939, adapted for military use. Adolf Hitler advised that the Volkswagen People's Car be streamlined to 'look like a