letter scale maker Jakob Maul, Germany
The housing of this letter scale has a beautiful front due to the pattern of stripes and the symmetrically placed window with the chart. This scale has a handle on the top of the housing for switching the range of weighing. As desired 100 or 250 grams. The chart of 100 grams has a stripe per each gram. The 250 grams chart is subdivided per five grams. The chart can be rotated with the knob situated at the right side of the house to adjust it to zero. This side also has the logo JM. This letter scale was protected by a Deutsches Reich Patent with number 676942; it was granted on December 25 1937. It mentions Dipl.Ing. Fritz Scharmann as the inventor. The patent was announced on May 25 1939 and was published June 15 1939. Earlier a brown version was presented at this website. A version in black also exists. This pattern of ornamental stripes is also used on one of the Macito-models. Below some more pictures of this letter scale.
rear of the scale
