• Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    28·
    2 days ago

    No. That clearly states that the material it is made from is “Stainless West Germany”, which is a type of steel made mainly from iron, west, germany, and chromium.

    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      16·
      2 days ago

      Wrong again. Germany was divided into West Germany and East Germany. West Germany was further divided into Stainable West Germany and Stainless West Germany and that’s where it was made.

  • killea@lemmy.world
    29·
    3 days ago

    I was working on a VW Vanagon Campmobile and the blower motor I replaced was made in West Germany. Probably not the only thing since it was pre wall fall. And I must note: I wondered if I had a photo of it, so I started in on old photo archives. And I went down fuckin memory lane for about an hour straight, lol. And I found the photo (from 2019)

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      When I bought my Vanagon 8-9 years ago, the spare tire still said made in west Germany!

      I replaced it along with the rest of the badly work truck tires that were on it.

  • Pavidus@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 days ago

    I was tasked with fixing a hydraulic unit a couple years back. The culprit was a Rexroth valve made in West Germany. Even had a cork gasket! I told the company that they had clearly gotten their money’s worth out of that valve, as it was older than most of their employees.

  • Azrael@reddthat.com
    5·
    2 days ago

    I know Germany is knows for good engineering, but “Stainless West Germany” is vague and a bit suspicious. The steel type matters more than the country of origin.

  • Delphia@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 days ago

    I once bought a car in about 2009 and yeah the tyres held air but were dry rotted but held air, I was thinking about driving it home nice and slow and gentle.

    Then I saw “Made in West Germany” on the sidewall, I called a towtruck.

  • kivihiili
    12·
    2 days ago

    the compass set at my drafting desk has the marking

    GERMANY

    U.S. ZONE

    it predates even west germany! i’m pretty sure the desk itself is even older.

    i may perhaps take a photo sometime :)

  • glups@piefed.socialEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    Part of my job involves inspecting aircraft life vests. The CO2 cartridges and vests are reused as long as they meet the required pressure/weight. Occasionally I’ll get a CO2 cartridge made in West Germany that still meets the required weight

  • belluck
    2·
    2 days ago

    My school had a microscope that was made in USSR

    I graduated two years ago. I live in West Germany.

    • Joe@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      2 days ago

      Luckily east germany refused to be stained, and instead deposited all the blame and collective guilt with west germany.

      “The war? That was their fault… over there” says the former nazi member pointing westward while biting into a Spreewalder Gurke during his lunchbreak from a cigarette factory, where he serves as Cultural Officer.

      • prole
        1·
        2 days ago

        Didn’t the USSR actually punish Nazis in Eest Germany though?

        Unlike the allies who just imported them to their own countries

        • Joe@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          2 days ago

          Some, sure, and those typically harshly. Similar to the USSR & GDR, many party members were just ordinary people, where party membership was necessary or useful for their work life, and supporting the wrong party could cost you everything.

      • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yeah eastern germany wasn’t great either but atleast they were limited to cultural officer at a cigarette factory instead of government office or a fucking seat of authority in NATO yk? The whole country is tainted in my eyes though. Denazification was an utter failure, it was barely even attempted.

    • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 days ago

      I was born in the GDR and still have a few things. Like my old vaccine passport with the red cover and the state emblem, an electric drill that I still use, and some smaller tools, but you can find those easily on any flea market. The vaccine pass is always a fun thing for the doctors when I go get my flu shot.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
    1·
    2 days ago

    It’s nothing crazy, but I recently ( give or take a couple years ago ) got a supposedly made in Western Germany Klann Quality tin. It’s nothing special, just a red thing with stagecoach design, but it’s cool despite the fact it was probably as mass produced as they could do it back whenever it was made.