German bisque head doll restoration

This is a nice sized antique doll made by the Armand Marseille company. Their name sounds French but they were a German company.

She has some issues.....she needs re-stringing for sure.
Her body could use some repairs before re-stringing.

She has lost all her fingers and thumbs. I would like to know if there is a story behind this. It is not uncommon to find a couple of missing fingers on these bodies....but all of them?

The fingers can be rebuilt.

This is one of her body issues. The seam between the cardboard bits is splitting and some of the overlying gesso and paint is gone.

These cracks can be glued with a good carpentry glue and then the defects get filled in with epoxy.

This doll needs some dental work too.
Her middle 2 teeth have been broken.
This type of doll has porcelain teeth that are made in one piece. It would be hazardous to try and get the remainder of the dental work out so I will make her a bridge.

Her missing fingers are starting to be rebuilt.
I do one at a time on each hand and let each new finger harden before I start the next. That way I am not knocking a newly built and still soft finger out of place while I work on it's neighbour.

Right now each hand has 2 new fingers formed. The third fingers have gotten their supporting wires installed and I am waiting for the glue to harden before adding epoxy clay and forming the finger.

All the holes and cracks are filled and sanded. Her fingers have been rebuilt.
Next is paint.....

Here she is with her new fingers and her repairs disguised.
She is modelling a potential wig.....vintage mohair with rather impressive sausage curls.

Here she is dressed in an antique dress.