Max Oscar Arnold Dolly Dace doll, 15 - 30" tall, bisque socket head, composition and wood body, wigged, glass eyes, painted lashes, open mouth with upper teeth.  Doll shown above is marked: MOA 200 Made in Germany Welsch, for Welsch & Company, distributed by Bing.

MOA - Max Oscar Arnold Dolls 1877-1930 German 

The Max Oscar Arnold Doll Company was located in Neustadt, Germany from 1878 - 1930, they are best known for their mechanical Talking, Walking dolls and Bathing dolls.  About 1906 they began making phonograph dolls called Arnoldia dolls, that spoke in three languages, had a phonograph inside the body and were advertised to be used to teach children language lessons, many records were available as well.  In 1919 the Max Oscar Arnold doll company purchased the Gebruder Knoch doll Company.

Some Max Oscar Arnold doll company markings are; initials of MOA inside an eight pointed star, a mold number, Made in Germany, an eagle, a disc with the eight pointed star with MOA in the center, or a winged gargoyle type creature holding a box with MOA inside.

Arnold also made bisque heads for Welsh & Company.