FRIEFI – Friedrich Fingscheidt from Velbert near Wuppertal. The makers mark is the lettering – FRIEFI  surrounded by a rectangular box. Today they make car ornaments including hood ornaments for Mercedes Benz. Known works: Deutsche Reichspost lettering signage  

  Reichspost Bus/Truck/Car/Tram eagle

  Reichspost Bus/Truck/Car/Tram eagles

Makers mark:  “GHH” It is speculated that this is the concern of the company Gutehoffnungshütte from Oberhausen. This company was previously known as Machinenfabrik Nuel & Lueg from Düsseldorf-Grafenberg. It is not certain that this company produced eagles. It is also possible, given the poor casting of the makers mark, that it is actually a GPH mark.  

Makers Mark: “G.P.H”. This mark is all indented and the letters are found within a circle. The G and P are side by side with the H centered underneath. Although unconfirmed, it is speculated that this is the manufacturer – Gustav Hähl from Pforzheim. This makers mark is often unclear and can be rough and blurry […]

B: The maker of this style of eagle is unknown. The makers mark is a slanted and indented “B” with two horizontal lines extending to the left. The upper line is longer than the middle line and on some examples there may be a small bottom line (or dot). It is possible the lines on […]

V: This maker is not known, although it is believed to be possibly Vereinigte Aluminiumwerke AG (Erftwerk) located at Grevenbroich (Niederrhein). A clue to the maker can be found in the below “V” Reichspost eagle marking found on a specimen (note a “Ʌ V” example):   The marking indicates one of: F Hudeg Wien E […]

Paul Garthe KG (known simply as Garthe) was located in Milspe/Ennepetal (near Schwelm/Wuppertal). It is thought they worked with other companies as they did not have their own foundry. Assigned RZM permissions: M3/158   Known Works: Garthe Railway eagles Garthe Bronze “Rheingold” eagles

WEHAG: Werke der Stadt Halle-AG. This company was located in a factory in Halle. WEHAG owned its own molding & foundry.   Known works: WEHAG Railway eagles  

Rhein-Metall Borsig (RMB) AG was originally from Düsseldorf & moved to Berlin in 1938. Rheinmetall-Borsig AG was a German Armament manufacturing company founded on 13 April 1889 by Heinrich Ehrhardt, They not only produced armaments but aircraft rockets, missiles, vehicles. The railway locomotive manufacturer August Borsig GmbH was taken over in 1933. This led to […]