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PRÄMETA SPLIT VW V1

In 1946, the PRÄMETA company, located in Cologne, Germany, was founded by Dr. von Soiron and his wife. In the beginning, they mainly produced hinges and pharmaceutical aids, but also bicycle parts! The company acquired the forms of the Eckert & Ziegler Split VW model in 1947....

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PRÄMETA SPLIT VW V2

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REX LOWLIGHT KARMANN GHIA VW

The REX PLASTIK company was based in Nürnberg, Germany and was founded by Max Ernst. He started his career at the toy company GÖSO in 1928. In 1935, he married the daughter of Karl Arnold and became manager of ARNOLD together with Karl Arnold. Karl Arnold died in 1946 and Max Ernst became CEO of ARN...

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REX VW BUS V2

The owner of the REX Company, based in Nürnberg, Germany, was Max Ernst. In 1933 he married the daughter of Karl Arnold and from 1935 on he was in the management of the ARNOLD Factory and in 1948 he became the managing director of ARNOLD and stayed until the mid-1970s. REX was a sister Company of AR...

Published in: REX BS

ROLY TOYS VW BUS

ROLY TOYS of Brazil started in in Rio De Janeiro in 1965, founded by Kurt Adolf Hamberger and Mauricio Nhuch. They manufactured Matchboxes under license with the Inbrima name, as well as their own cars. The models they produced themselves are: (marking #1)Willys Interlagos Berlineta, (#2) DKW Vemage...

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SCHUCO OVAL VW

Originally named Spielzeugfirma Schreyer & Co, Nürnberg, Germany, the company changed its name to the more commonly known SCHUCO in 1921 (likely a combination of Schreyer und Company). SCHUCO's first consistent foray into diecast toys was in 1957 when the 1:90 scale 'PICCOLO' series of...

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SCHUMANN VW BUS

The firm of HANS SCHUMANN (HS), based in Zirndorf, Germany, existed between 1887 and 1973. They produced tin penny toys, like musical instruments, but also cars. They manufactured two VW Busses with a different lithograph design, which are extremely rare. Made of tinplate, with rubber wheels....

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SIKU VW BUS V7

Sieper-Werke (The Sieper Company) was founded in 1921. It was originally a manufacturer of metal tools and cutlery in zamac and aluminum and, later on, ashtrays, badges, medals, belt buckles, and buttons. The factory in Ludenscheid, Germany, was outfitted with new casting molds in 1949 for grating, ...

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SPEAR & SÖHNE V1 KdF WAGEN SPLIT VW

The company J.W.Spear (later J.W.Spear & Sons) was registered in Fürth, a small town near Nuremberg, Germany by Jacob Wolf Spear in 1879. It manufactured a variety of 'fancy goods', such as table mats, photo frames and albums, waste-paper baskets, flowerpot covers and papier-mâché handkerchief b...

Published in: SPEAR & SÖHNE SW

SPEAR & SÖHNE V1 KdF WAGEN VW CONVERTIBLE

The publishing Company of J.W. SPEAR & SÖHNE, Nürnberg, Germany produced a traffic board game named the AUGEN AUF (Eyes Open). The board game was actually in production before the KdF Wagen era. When the KdF Wagens were introduced and in production, the board game featured some fragile cast...

Published in: SPEAR & SÖHNE CB

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