Agfa

[streptile]

I really didn't know where to post this. It came in a small lot of WWII-period stuff from a fleamarket. Has anyone seen one like this? Is it possible to judge the period of manufacture?

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[seekwhence]

Looks postwar. The Agfa logo prior to 1945 was officially a horizontal lozenge shape of dark blue with Agfa written in script with white letters. There were variations where the lozenge was also bordered in white. In addition, I have seen an orange lozenge shape with dark blue script but this was normally seen only on some film packs of that time.
I hope this helps.

seekwhence

[seekwhence]

My previous posting was a little too hasty. I should have consulted my research material beforehand. The Agfa logo of pre-1945 (dark blue lozenge shape with white script) carried over after the war until later it was replaced with a red background and white script which is still used today. The white border was also used with the dark blue background both before and after the war, until the red logo was finalized. I don't ever recall seeing a yellow/orange border except in a postwar catalog. I have a prospectus from pre-1945, of the I.G. Farben Corporation (the owner of the Agfa Company) and in it they do not show a logo that looks like yours (having a yellow/orange border). To be honest, I can't really say exactly when your patch was made but I still believe it to be postwar.
Sorry for the confusion.

seekwhence

[streptile]

Thank you Seek,

Very interesting information. I appreciate the time you've taken to help.