There’s Europe and there’s Westerneurope

by Informal_Mountain513

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  1. I still use a Rotring pen that is marked “Made in West Germany”. It works perfectly and it will probably outlive me.

  2. Made in GDR meant the tool was made in a way to make it a hand me down for generations to come, not to break after 5 years so you buy a new one.

    But the older made in west Germany stuff was okish too

  3. I have hedge shears like that

    And a triple barrel hunting gun from VEB Jagdwaffen Suhl “Made inGDR” marked ” Q1″ Qualitätsstufe 1 for Export and high ranking partymembers.

    They knew on both sides of the wall.

  4. My girlfriend found “Made in DDR” on one of our kitchen towels a while ago

  5. I have a kitchen mixer that’s ‘Hergestellt in der DDR’ and a typewriter that’s ‘Made in GDR’. But I’m a bit of a sucker for vintage stuff.

  6. DDR-built trailer tent whose frame was derived from the Trabant one

    We went on camping holidays for many years with it

    It’s still in the garage

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