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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4319442, member: 7724"]this is a Thorens Manivelle. normally there is Swiss imprinted into the housing when for the open market. </p><p>Thorens delivered also to the US Army - to my best knowledge without the Swiss mark because all the Germans would have stood straight at the border and asked for one too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />; they were given to the soldiers for amusement and were cheaply made.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4319442, member: 7724"]this is a Thorens Manivelle. normally there is Swiss imprinted into the housing when for the open market. Thorens delivered also to the US Army - to my best knowledge without the Swiss mark because all the Germans would have stood straight at the border and asked for one too :); they were given to the soldiers for amusement and were cheaply made.[/QUOTE]
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