The Great Tinnie War

[Ralph A]

Nice!

Those Weimar Reichsparteitage tinnies are indeed massive. Here's mine, with a nickel in the background so our colleagues can see how big these babys were, on top of being heavy.

[Ralph A]

Note the difference between mine and yours

in the curious markings under the flag (J for Jena? W for Wernstein?):

[Ralph A]

Here's my maker:

Mike, how does the maker's mark on yours look?

[Mike Pinkus]

Ralph...different maker mark on mine...i guess i should have added this in with the other pic..the mark is one of the coolest things about this piece
mike

[Ralph A]

Two out of three professionals agree...

...that's a nice maker mark!

I believe these are architects:

[Mike Dunn]

Here are some new tinnies from James Nobles collection! How do you do it???? Great stuff. Mike

[Mike Dunn]

maker mark..

[Mike Dunn]

Another!

[Mike Dunn]

last one for today.....

[Ralph A]

Another interesting "Weimar".

Thanks James! Yours, though also made by Wernstein, has the maker in the same place as Mike's. Mine is stamped along the rim.

Note also that yours does not seem to have the cryptic "J" and "W" like mine and Mike's.

[James Noble]

Ralph, Yes I also noticed the difference's in the three tinnies. While our Wernsten tinnies are almost identical except for the placement of the hallmark. Where Mike's has some slight differance's in the overall design of his G. Danner pin

[Ralph A]

Speaking of maker's marks...

...anyone else collect these Leipziger Fair tinnies? They are often overlooked, being somewhat plain.

[Ralph A]

But if you look closely,

you note they all have serial numbers. And if you peek at the backs, you find neat things like this...

[Ralph A]

They ALL seem to have been made by...

...well-known manufacturers over the years. Deumer, Brehmer, Erhard, Steinhauer & Luck, Binder, Poellath, etc... want to see some more?

[Ralph A]

Another plain-looking obverse

This one for Spring, 1930. Rather dull.