German S.Mi.35 & 44 manufacturers

[BMG50]

A new thread started on different German S.Mi.35 & 44 manufacturers. Here's a picture of my S-Mine with saw manufacture markings.axt 94 44.jpg

[sudelmuk]

Undoubtedly "axt 94 44", really incredible.
Just to remind: axt = Gustav Hausen, Sägewerk und Holzbearbeitungsfabriken (sawmill & woodworking factory), Königsberg/East Prussia !

First I'll add some elder 35er-vintages:

SMi35asp3.jpg the very early and genuine "RR 1938 36" = Richard Rinker GmbH, Menden/Iserlohn.

CIMG0995.jpg "F.W.& Co.1938 40" = Fritz Weber & Co., Laternenfabrik (lantern factory!), Berlin.
Quite a busy company, also manufacturing the aluminum transport-rack for 2 T.Mi.35, Sprengbüchse 24 (1kg-demolition charge) for example; subsequent products were marked "157" and "brc" respectively.

ei14ajl5.jpg "B 218 1938 8" = Benteler Werke AG, Bielefeld (courtesy Dr.Ruby).

SMi35-2.jpg another "F.W.& Co.", but the highly rare vintage 1939 (courtesy Reino).

At this spot I would have liked to upload a "bre 40 / 154", but it was impossible due to its silly size of 9.5MB.

SMi35-bre41-1.jpg "bre 41 / 6" = "Rhenania" Vereinigte Stanz- und Emaillierwerke AG, Schwelm.

Finally a very late, most late I've ever seen, example:

SMi35-45dah.jpg "45 dah" = Junkers & Co.GmbH, Fabrik wärmetechnischer Geräte, Dessau, highly rare.

The picture below stubbornly resists to be inserted properly in the row ;
a "P 279 1940 23" = Ruhrstahl AG Presswerk Brackwede, Bielefeld-Brackwede.

[sudelmuk]

Originally this thread intended to see varieties of more or less common S.Mi.-top plates with their different manufacturers; the attempt of a summary.

Unfortunately there’s quite an unsatisfactory response yet.
So it’s me again to add some more.

For unknown reasons a considerable number of S.Mi.35 where reconditioned during their life.
Perhaps some have been cleared from the old Westwall after the western campaign in 1940 for example, but not sure about that.
The reprocessing factories each added their own identification mark and crossed the primary sign.

Diligent in this area was Schaltbau GmbH, Elektrotechnische Artikel, Munich / brh who refurbished these three oldies in 1942/43:

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“157 1940 68” (the famous Fritz Weber & Co. Laternenfabrik, Berlin / also FW & Co. & brc),

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“M & C 40” (unknown yet) and

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“RR 336 1940” (another true Richard Rinker-mark of their main factory in Menden/Iserlohn).


The “Stanz- und Emaillierwerke (former Carl Thiel & Sons AG), Lübeck” / bqu, reconditioned this unreadable mid-war example in 1944:

S.Mi.35-bqu 44.jpg .


smileys_laut-004.gif: Gentlemen, engineers out there, now please show your hidden plates!

[BMG50]

Peter i have a feeling that the star marking seen on these mines may mean a reconditioned mine. Before i thought that it was a marking for use in winter conditions.

[sudelmuk]

Indeed, Chris, it seems so.

But remember this avz 42:

avz 42smi0-1.jpg not reconditioned, W.Abf. with three stars ?

Below a brk 43, W.Abf without any star.

[mk701]

Hello, I would like to add a few signs smi35 from my collection. 180brc44, 212brc44, avz4-23, avz4-30, 44brb 137
180brc44.jpg212brc44.jpgavz4-23.jpgavz4-30.jpg44brb 127.jpg

[BMG50]

Nice collection of top plates you have there.