DDR Consumer Products

[vacerator]

Louis,

did old 35mm cameras reverse the image in the lens? Europe has so many trainspotter camera buffs. I can't thnk of another reason why the script is that way. Unless it was so riders could read it correctly from inside, in the round convex station platform mirrors as the train passed one departing and arriving.

 

[jetcone]

Interesting

not knowing the language, it seems an odd fixation on an orange mixer - going into old ladies kitchens to fondle their mixers. I remember toys from the DDR made of plastic that was not near as strong or durable as our pre-Chinese made plastic toys. It was brittle.  That beverage she made would make me HURL ! Gawd !

 

 

[foraloysius]

Mike

I have no idea. If you have a closer look at the wagons you can see that the numbers for 1st and 2nd class are not mirrored. So we can only guess.

 

[iej]

That orange mixer looks a bit like the old blocky, indestructible Krups stand / hand mixer my grandmother had for decades. They may have been a knock off of the same design.

Orange plastic small appliances were a bit of a French Moulinex trade mark for years. There were few things they didn’t make in that 70s orange from blenders to vacuum cleaners. It was just the fashion at the time.

 

[vacerator]

Louis, to my knowledge

of DB rolling stock, which is extensive, like my collection, it is the only train having mirrored graphics. Those trains had Coca Cola advertizing, Nokia, and several other companies.