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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4598847, member: 2844&quot;]I think the seller is confusing this monkey wit a &#039;fumsup&#039; charm (thumbs up).</p><p>A fumsup is a charm from the late 19th-early 20th century that was given to soldiers or their loved ones when the soldiers were sent off to war.</p><p>The fumsup looks like a silver or other metal baby with a wooden head which you can touch for luck. It&#039;s arms can move up and down, simultaneously, but it&#039;s legs are rigid. It usually has the letters &#039;fumsup&#039; on it&#039;s body.</p><p>Fumsups have a considerable value now, for humble little charms. This monkey is not a fumsup.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe fumsups are British, but for some reason my grandmother had one, which she gave to me. I have no idea how she got it, maybe through Belgian relatives? A Belgian sweetheart of a UK soldier?</p><p>(The Netherlands was neutral during WWI, but Belgium suffered the full blow, and many British soldiers lost their lives there.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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