"Tropen"  a German pens company that could not really get into 

the German market (The export master though).

Founded 1925's.  Made out of Duro-plastic.

Spritzgus - pressed plastic...real up to date in the 1944's...like Parker 51.

The Artus company had machines like that, which is why Lamy bought them up after the war...

Celluloid was dead because of that technique to make cheaper pens.

Pioneers of feeds out of plastic (Tropen factory developed) instead of hard rubber.

1945-65's  it Exported pens. 

1945-48's The Scholar...school pen was made, 150,000 a year. It looks much like the later 500.

200 comes in Ivory, red, gray, matt-black.

That appears to be the color spectrum, the 500 also came in a shiner black.

There was a 600, and 800 also.

Early models were corked, by the '50's like most of the rest 'corked' with lupolen plastic.

Late '40s gold nibs from Degussa...(Degussa was

 a known nib maker like Bock...in the '30's it had bought up Osmia's 

machines which had made the superb Osmia Surpa nibs when Osmia got in financial trouble....

Well to make gold nibs...in a right after the war time...Tropen bought 

up the gold city and town gold placket and chains of t

he Mayors and department heads. Cities and towns needed occupation money more than

 a gold chain around some mayor's neck.

By 1954's Tropen was one of the largest pen producers in West Germany.

In the '50's there were more than 120 fountain pen producers in Germany.

 Many (mom and Pop small pen companies) bought parts from big producers, 

which is why it is hard to ID so many German 'no name' pens.

In the '50s' Tropen made 40-50 different models.

Tropen made 600-700,000 pens a year, most for Export.

Cadillac for Egypt, Platinum for Japan, Aphrodite for Cyprus.

Most also had a number...400-Mein Stolz, 500- Scholar, 200-Splendid, 800 Ambassador.

 There was also a 600 model.

A very good price to quality (A very well made cheaper pen)....almost all had screw out nibs...

I did and do want some...some day.

Like MB they did make ball points, and mechanical pencils, but they did not have

 a great secure German back bone of fountain pen buyers...1960's 

they sank under 500,000 a year, and by 1965...175,000

including exports of course.

After 1980's piston pens made a come back, Tropen made 500,000.

Still alive in 1989's at the start of this version of the book...

'Fountain pens' for Tropen, like for Geha* and Soennecken* were 

not the main business; of this company, which was making plastic forming machines.

* Office supplies, and still making them.

This Vintage Rare Fountain Pen in  Very Good Overall  

condition w/ New neutral soft box.

Just  after  World  War II  a  rare German  Fountain pen!

The Fountain pen has not been tested with ink!

Cleaned with water only!

Very Rare collectible item!