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HAUSSER KdF WAGEN VW V5

In 1904 Christian Hausser and his sons Max and Otto founded the HAUSSER Company, although it initially was named Müller & Freyer. Starting from 1912 the Company was renamed into O&M HAUSSER. They carried the trade name Elastolin. In the 1930's the Company moved to Neustadt bei Coburg, German...

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HENNECKE CABRIO VW CAROUSEL CAR

Wilhelm Hennecke Karussellfabrik, located in Uelzen, Germany was a manufacturer of carousels. The company produced the first carousel in 1923 and was closed down in 1974. Over the years, the animals, cars, motorcycles, sleighs, etc. that were on the carousel ride have become very collectable. The ca...

Published in: CABRIO VW PEDAL & CAROUSEL CARS

JURI SPLIT VW

The JURI Company (Holz Spielwaren Horst Richardt Gmbh & Co. KG, Nordhorn, Germany) produced a lot of different wooden toys. They also produced a series of matchboxes filled with farms, animals, a zoo, houses, but also a version with a service station. It consisted of several wooden parts th...

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KLEEFELD KdF WAGEN VW V2

Solid piece of wood cut out into the shape of a Volkswagen Sedan. Painted various colors and was used as a game piece for a game set Auf der Autostrassen durch Europa. Box art work produced in three versions....

Published in: KLEEFELD

LAURÖSCH SPLIT VW

A very nicely detailed stamped metal form by LAURÖSCH, from the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. The form is used to make chocolate VWs. The door windows are open and it shows the driver and the co-driver! The white plaster car shown in the pictures is made from the chocolate form. The length of...

Published in: LAURÖSCH

LEGO VW BUS V1

The Lego Group was founded in 1916 by Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, Denmark when he bought an already existing woodwork shop. During the years of economic depression in the late 1920’s, Ole Kirk began producing miniature versions of his products as design aids. This inspired him t...

Published in: LEGO BS

LS OVAL VW

The constructed Oval Window Volkswagen model was made by a professional toy modeler in the late 1950s, most probably a very early release of LS models. LS manufactured model kits of cars, planes, motorbikes and guns from the 1950's (??) until their bankrupcy in 1992. As from the 1960'...

Published in: LS

MARABOUT VW CONVERTIBLE

MARABOUT is a Belgian Publishing House, originally located in Verviers, that published in the French language. One of their publications was the MARABOUT JUNIOR, which were adventure novels for teenagers. Those booklets often contained supplements. An example of those supplements is a series of cons...

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MÖWE VERLAG CARDBOARD PAPER VW BUS

In 1953, the Lehrmittelinstitut (LI) in Wilhelmshafen, Germany, issued the first papercraft models, later known as “Wilhelmshafener Modellbaubögen". Their models were sold by the Möwe Verlag and the Jade Verlag. They mainly focused on ships, but also produced other models. After the Lehrmittelinstit...

Published in: MÖWE VERLAG

NOKIA SPLIT VW

It may be Finnish made, and there is some speculation that it may have been made by the Nokia company in the 1950´s, although it is not confirmed. Nokia was founded in 1865 by mr. Frederik Idestam as a woodmill in a little town called Nokia. Nokia also was chosen as the company name. ...

Published in: NOKIA

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