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Linota model Anglo-German system concertina. Serial number 27024, internal batch number 216. Label absent. Left-hand paper label: '27024'. 6.25" diameter flat rosewood ends, fully fretted, bevelled. 31 keys: 15 each side, with left-hand air release (two absent on the right-hand). Domed nickel. Worn straps. Hand bars stamped 'LINOTA', chromed screws. Six-fold bellows, newly covered in crudely applied white leather. Round-end steel reeds, pans relined in blue leather.
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