A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type I Beetle Size:XL: 100 x 75cm The Glass of Wine

The Glass of Wine

In the foreground a woman guides a child along the top of a wall

Dukes of Gloucester

Also showing John Donne's shrouded statue in detail on the left

29th July 1966

A 1953 Volkswagen Export Type I Beetle Size:XL: 100 x 75cm The Glass of WineA 1953 Volkswagen Export Type I 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