@Jim O'C posted:Doll et Cie was eventually taken over by Fleischman but their Production was nowhere near the same quality.
I was aware of that. Bing and Doll were both great companies that had Jewish owners and thus targets of the Nazi regime that ruined them in one way or another. Doll sold sold to Fleischman(also had Jewish owner)who took over in 1938–1939 and managed to produce some Doll cars prior to switching to war production, even using the Doll logo. The Doll logo use by Fleischmann is almost similar to some Bub cars having the a Bub and Bing logo, except Stefan Bing had this practice stopped per court order(thanks Arne!) in 1933(although some cars produced in 1933 by Bub with both logos were still sold in 1934). That said, Stefan Bing was in the UK at this time so presumably a court in the UK made that decision. Per TCA western, With Doll sale was made with good faith thay after the war Fleischmann would return the company to its rightful owner, which it apparently offered to do and that offer was declined. While I don’t have any Prewar Fleischmann o gauge, I do have 2 Postwar cars: Aral tank car and the “High side car” that has the Fleischmann name and “made in Us Zone” on it. The quality of those Postwar tin cars by Fleischmann is definitely not on par with anything Prewar German- it almost feels flimsy and has very “goofy” couplers.
