1939 holster

txm3761 · 03-18-2012, 08:18 PM

Thank you again for all of your help.
It is my understanding, (never knew this) that a different waa number was assigned to each individual maker. So it would stand to reason that my 107 holster and the one shown in the Benders book would have been manufactured by the same firm.
The R.W.K./K.W.K. question remains. I believed that this was the manufacturers name, but perhaps not, maybe another code of some kind.
I researched Schnellpressenfabrik A.G. They are are a very old German firm which is still in buisness today. They are manufacturers of offset printing machinery. Their website makes no mention in its timeline of participating in the war effort (no surprise there!) but no doubt this company was also involved in heavy duty bindery equipment...which meant sewing machines.
A possible clue?
Thank you again Lon for your fine detective work!
Tom

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03-18-2012, 08:18 PM	#1
txm3761 User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 8 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Thank you again for all of your help. It is my understanding, (never knew this) that a different waa number was assigned to each individual maker. So it would stand to reason that my 107 holster and the one shown in the Benders book would have been manufactured by the same firm. The R.W.K./K.W.K. question remains. I believed that this was the manufacturers name, but perhaps not, maybe another code of some kind. I researched Schnellpressenfabrik A.G. They are are a very old German firm which is still in buisness today. They are manufacturers of offset printing machinery. Their website makes no mention in its timeline of participating in the war effort (no surprise there!) but no doubt this company was also involved in heavy duty bindery equipment...which meant sewing machines. A possible clue? Thank you again Lon for your fine detective work! Tom