| European Typewriters / Germany / AEG / Gallery by Tilman Elster |
| AEG, the company responsible for the popular Mignon index machine, made plans to construct much more conventional and timely machines prior to the First World War, which prevented them from so doing. Finally, in 1921, the first machines of conventional four-bank front strike configuration appeared on the market from this company, carrying the brand label "AEG." Other brands were added later, such as Europa, Diplomat, DM and the one that stayed -- OLYMPIA. Here is a selection of machines from that early period. |
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| AEG MODEL 3 s/n 3135 (1921) |
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| AEG (OLYMPIA) STANDARD s/n 159873 (1930) |
| The machine above carries the OLYMPIA brand for the first time. The company had become Europa Schreibmaschinen AG; in 1936, it changed the name of the company to Olympia |
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| DIPLOMAT |
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| DIPLOMAT 1 s/n 44992 (1934) |
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| DIPLOMAT 4 s/n 293557 (1940) |
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| DIPLOMAT PRASENT SIMPLEX |
| "DM" |
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| DM1 STANDARD s/n 453951 |
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| DM2 s/n 93670 (1936) |
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| DM3 s/n 96406 (1939) |
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| DM4 s/n 292587 |
| Note that the model numbers between the "Diplomat" and the "DM" series appear correlative. |
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