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KaeferModelle
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 Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:59 am Post subject: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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My oldest piece is a newspaper: "Hamburger Fremdenblatt" from 13th August 1938
There, the beetle was still presented as a KdF Wagen.
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:09 am Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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I think my oldest memorabilia is a Sparkarte KDF stamp saving book full of stamps for the purchase of a soon-to-come KDF Beetle. This was booklet #4 of 4 needed to get a Beetle. First stamp added was dated 1/1944 and very last stamp needed to buy the KDF Beetle was stuck into this booklet in 1/1945. Owned by an Engineer in Graz, Austria. I doubt he ever got a Beetle, not sure if he even survived the end of WW2. But VW had the booklet, so I imagine that he or his surviving family turned it in for the court settlement in the 1960's.
Bill
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I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help!
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KaeferModelle
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:33 am Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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Hello Bill,
can it be that 1953 is a spelling mistake? I also have a Sparkarte It is No. 2 of 4. It was dated 18.09.1939 and already has a stamp.
When I bought the Sparkarte I've got the receipt of the Sparkarte 1 of 4 as well. An elementary school teacher had started on 28.09.1938 to save for a beetle. 
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ZENVWDRIVER
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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... the oldest part of my collection, would be me... a 1947 model, on the right.
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hitest
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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Mine is the black lapel pin from 1938- (picture borrowed from gallery)
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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| ZENVWDRIVER wrote: |
| ... the oldest part of my collection, would be me... a 1947 model. |
You old.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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| KaeferModelle wrote: |
| My oldest piece is a newspaper: "Hamburger Fremdenblatt" from 13th August 1938 |
It looks like I have you beat by a couple months. The oldest literature in my collection is a newspaper dated 2 June 1938
which features a propaganda article on the factory cornerstone ceremony. The cover features a photo of Uncle Adolph
enjoying a ride in the V303 cabriolet.
I also have some old toys, but I don't know know which is the oldest.
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KaeferModelle
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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@ ZENVWDRIVER
But then you have a very special object in your collection. 
@ Hitest
I've never seen the black pin before.
@ Blue Baron
I have the right model for your cover. 
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:04 am Post subject: Re: What is the oldest piece in your collection? |
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| KaeferModelle wrote: |
Hello Bill,
can it be that 1953 is a spelling mistake? I also have a Sparkarte It is No. 2 of 4. It was dated 18.09.1939 and already has a stamp.
When I bought the Sparkarte I've got the receipt of the Sparkarte 1 of 4 as well. An elementary school teacher had started on 28.09.1938 to save for a beetle.
Regards
Nicki |
Thanks! You are right, a typo on my part, I went back and corrected the date in my initial post.
Bill Bowman
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I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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