wartime production - Europe

The BING toy factory went broke in 1932 (https://www.sammeln-sammler.de...-gebr-bing-werke-ag/).

Regards

Fred

sncf231e posted:

The BING toy factory went broke in 1932 ...

reminds me of the time i was talking about postwar trains and a teenager later asked me if i meant Vietnam.

I read WW2 , so:

Bing history: 1914 with the outbreak of the war the production changed to helmets, canteens , military cookware and knapsacks , but in the last years of the war they again started with the production of peace products. 

Regards

Fred

From what I have read, Bing was at least part Jewish and for that reason left Germany in 32-33 timeframe after which BUB assumed what was left. There is some discussion about this in various tinplate toy histories on the net... The component mentioned above was likely made during WWI but I am not at all knowledgeable on the subject. It is certainly a neat unusual piece if you already have an original of that which it is intended to attached to.

From what I have read about toy mfg., Germany was way ahead of the US in metal stamping. Prior to WW I & later 2, the Germans mastered the art of stamping metal parts and shipping these to a central factory for assembly. Started with dolls  and was very successful in WW II. They  parted out airplanes and engines, small arms, even subs. It is an interesting study.