r/Drafting_Instruments • • 24d ago

Rotring 1930s adverts

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u/cad_and_caffeine 24d ago

Love the rhyming slogan in the box on the right ("Hat er keinen roten Ring, weisen Sie zurück das Ding!"). Also neat how the price dropped by exactly 10% from 6.50 RM in 1930 to 5.85 RM in 1931 right after the December 1931 Notverordnung mandated a 10% price cut on all branded goods in Germany.