S&L Showroom circa 1940/1?

[Brian S]

It seems there has to be a catalog or two or ten printed...

[Leroy]

It seems there has to be a catalog or two or ten printed...

This is what I don't understand. Did the institution of the LDO, in essence, put an end to catalogs? Does anyone have a catalog from any company post-1941?

[Brian S]

this is what i don't understand. Did the institution of the ldo, in essence, put an end to catalogs? Does anyone have a catalog from any company post-1941?

good question.

[CSForrester]

Pictures were made in March/April 1941 in the commercial building "Specks Hof" in Leipzig, 3rd floor, room 516 during the Leipzig-spring-exhibition.

Regards
CSForrester

[CSForrester]

...and here a nice description of the showroom:

[jaeger7-de]

Thank you CSForrester for looking through the Uniformenmarkt to find out, where and when this display was set up.

Regards

jaeger7-de

[Leroy]

Great research job! Thank you, CSForrester!

[CSForrester]

".... near the entrance were the badges for the "Tag der Wehrmacht" (22. und 23. Maerz 1941) presented, and these twelve badges, made from Trulitol ..........show soldiers from all arms, army, navy and airforce. We see dive-bomber, heavy bomber, heavy Flak, heavy cruiser, anti-tank-gun, sail-training ship "GorchFock" ......."

and here they are:

[Leroy]

Can someone provide an accurate translation of the entire article? (I'm trying, but that old typeface drives me nuts!) Might be some answers there...........

[Brian S]

Great research CSForrester!

[streptile]

Thank you, Markus

[jacques]

Hi,
These pics are very informatives. I don't know if S&L produced the LC Pz badge because I don't know S&L marked badges, and I never seen a post 1940 catalog. What I can say is that this badge was officially instituted in July 1939 and the documents were signed in 1940. This could explain that the badge didn't appear in the 1939 and 1940 catalogs. It could be interesting to see a 1941 catalog of this firm. in another hand, the spanish cross on the display stand is in a "Klappetui" case, which seems to be green. The green cases I know are stamped LDO on the top lid and of course dated after the institution of the LDO in 1941.
jacques

There's a Condor Legion Badge in the same case with the PlM. Look at the Observer flight badge in the upper left hand corner, and then look slightly to the right and downwards (roughly 4th hour position on the clock).

Can we have any remarks on the Condor Legion badge kept to another, more relevant part of the forum?

Jim, I noticed the lack of glass also. Glass plays havoc with photos, but keeping everything out in the open results in dust collecting on exposed surfaces, and keeping everything clean could be a problem unless the display was only intended for a short term.

[Leroy]

Jacques,
I believe the last catalog now that we know of for S&L seems to be the one which may have come out in the first quarter of 1941 (based on a March 1, 1941 start-up date for the LDO and the fact that the catalog mentions S&L's "L 16" assignment). This is the version seen from both Dietrich and on GCA (although GCA refers to it as the "1940" catalog). There is no actual date on the catalog itself. I know that this one shows Spanish Crosses, but I don't believe it shows a Condor Legion Tank Badge. Perhaps Dietrich, if he has one with all the pages, could confirm that. One thing I noticed in the 1939 catalog, which I have, is that S&L, in addition to the "bound pages", also had an "add-in" extra page, which is just inserted. No idea if they repeated that practice for new items in the last catalog.
Did you see the SK with the very prominent center? I'm very curious about that one.
Regards,
Leroy

[Dietrich Maerz]

No matter what is stated at CGA the catalog is from post March 1, 1941. There is not LCTB in it, but the Spanish Cross is.

[Leroy]

Thank you, Dietrich. Looks like, between the date of this exhibition, the advertisement for Doehle's book in the catalog, the mention of the "L 16" designation, and the LDO official date of March, 1941, there was a "push" to promote this program early in the year.

I am still wondering, as I mentioned before, if manufacturers just stopped issuing catalogs after 1941. Have you, Dietrich, ever seen a post-1941 catalog from any maker?