Whistle identification - yellow whistle with a logo of a boy playing a whistle

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Hi there

I am trying to identify this whistle that I picked up on Ebay. The seller described it as a Pan whistle. I can’t find any reference to this whistle anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

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I have a green one. At the foot end it says ‘foreign made’ AFAIK these were made in Germany during the 1930s.

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Thank you Mr.Gumby - that is realy helpful. When I asked AI it started telling me about some Pan Educational company in England producing these for schools in the 1950’s but I was unable to find anything to back up that claim so assumed AI was dreaming.

Anyway it is a bit different so nice one to add to my every growing collection.

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There is a history of making this type of metal whistles in Germany. The Calura was initially made there but there were several others. I have even seen images of whistles with swastikas, apparently they were played in the Hitler jugend. That would place them firmly in the 1930s. I don’t know if this type of whistles were still produced post WW2, possibly : tin toys etc were popular during the 1950s. The Caluras still carried on for a bit, I think, after moving production to the US.
The designation ‘foreign’ on mine indicates it was made for export to the UK.

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Trying these old second hand whistles makes me appreciate my newer whistles all the more. Out of 10 whistles I picked up on eBay only 1 is vaguely playable tho I am not going to try the ones with the lead fipples.

Thanks Mr Gumby for the additional info. Really interesting. My yellow one doesn’t have any writing on it.