Hi,

I bought yesterday a Rheinmetall KsT from 1952 (serial nr 320304).

There is one thing i don't understand.
My machine looks like this: https://typewriterdatabase.com/1952-rheinmetall-kst.4687.typewriter
You can see that on the bottom the text says "Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G.". But A.G. states for Aktiengesällschaft = Limited Company. The city of Sömmerda, where the Rheinmetall factory was, belonged after the war to GDR and there were no Limited Companies in GDR. GRD had companies abreviated as VEB meaning Volkseigener Betrieb, a company owned by the people.

So why did they produce typewriters with the old name of the Rheinmetall company? Did they have so much old parts left? I would expect that leaders in GRD would not have wanted to see anything reminding people about capitalism.