Gebrüder Bing Trademarks

1882 – 1902   |   1903 – 1912   |   until 1932

Trademarks – tags & labels

left: First in the ear, then under the arm and later on the arm.
right: Engraved ear-button, from 1908 – 1910.

left: Metal label, used from 1919, used on right arm.
right: Penguin’s label, ca. 1918.

left: Blue metal label, used on right arm, 1928 – 1932.
right: Tag in right ear, clamped into the ear seam.

left: Button under the left arm, used from 1908 – 1918.
right: Arm-tag, used 1919 – 1927, used on the right arm.

DRPa – DRGM = Official German patents for teddies en plush toys.
BW = Bing Werke, will mostly appear with ‘Germany’ or ‘Bavaria’.
GBN = Gebrüder Bing Nuremberg.