A hundred years ago this month, the October 1918 issue of Talking Machine World showed this amusing yet patriotic accessory suitable for use on the phonograph when patriotic records were being played.

The figures of Uncle Same and the Kaiser were mounted on the tone arm, and when the music started, Uncle Sam would commence kicking the Kaiser, who was busy playing with his U-boat.

The magazine included the following quote, taken from the New York Sun:

UNCLE SAM KICKS KAISER TO MUSIC

Canned Chastisement Amusing to Sidewalk Crowds.

Uncle Sam, in front of a large and enthusiastic audience, spent most of yesterday kicking Kaiser Bill where such kicks belong. The kicking kept time with martial airs played on a phonograph. The little “Kaiser kicking toy” is for attaching to phonographs so that when songs which have as their theme the “canning” of the Kaiser are play.

Alas, the Armistice came the next month, so it’s difficult to know how many were ultimately sold for $1.50.  But they were available from the National Company, “mechanical specialty manufacturers,” of 281 Congress Street, Boston.