Starlux Nouba Ram

I found this darling little sheep on ebay and would love to know what she is. the little blanket/saddle makes me think she's part of a set, a circus maybe?? why else would a sheep wear a fancy blanket?  She has no markings at all.
can anyone help me with what she is?

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Congratulation Carolynn Is it made in very hard plastic ?

Cute but i have no idea

yes, it is harder plastic than Schleich, etc.

Wow, that's one is so unusual and very pretty Congratulations Carolynn

it looks very nice and unusual, also looks more than 50 years old. :)

A circus-lamb

WOW! It is SO unusual and SO cute

Not sure it is a circus sheep. It looks like a ram with a military style cover. A lot of British Army regiments use a ram as a mascot and even give him a rank!

http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/27066.aspx

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Chris, i bet you're right! That means there should be other animals like him out there.... (I notice i've just changed from calling it "her" to "him." Obviously a must if he's a regimental mascot!
I hope someone knows what he is.

It is a 1948 STARLUX Nouba ram.

You can see his brother HERE

Christophe, you are AWESOME. Thank you!
What does "Nouba" mean? is that part of the brand name?

Nouba was the name of the band of French colonial regiments, especially the Moroccan ones. The ram was the mascot of the regiment.

Nouba is now a synonym of party, fiesta in French. Doing the nouba tonight mean you will be very tired tomorrow morning.

you are double-AWESOME! thanks for the info. No nouba for me tonight- yoga.

Amazing all the things you can learn in this forum

That nouba-ram is designed with a HANDLE

Lovely and rare

This is the Starlux Nouba :

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WOW! They are great   
Just missing the ram