First let me clarify !! I did not talk to Chris directly but found another site he is on and went by his answer for a similar piece !! When you see an item and it says “Made in Germany” or whatever country,, it was made as an export item !! No reason to mark with country of origin unless sold somewhere else !! Prior to about 1912 only the country name was required so if older than that likely would have just said “Germany” !!
Of course word did not get around to swiftly back then so you still find Germany only on later items !!
Let me do a bit more checking on these tomorrow !!,,Want to make reasonably sure I am giving accurate info since I am no expert !! At that price you did well !!
Thought this might help you both:
https://www.justcollecting.com/miscellania/heubach-figurines