Identify A Pelikan

[peterg]

I came back from Germany with two pens, what I believe to be a 400 and a Parix on the right. I know little about German pens and would like to know more about them.

 

The Pelikan conforms to the later 400 but I have never seen one with a short peak (Pelikan logo on top) on the cap. Around the lower ring is stamped Pelikan W - Germany. The nib is gold plated steel (now rubbed off the top surface) and is marked:

Pelikan

logo

OM

 

The plunger has a plastic seal. I would date it around the early 1980's.

 

The Parix is a much older pen. I think 1930's.

The peak has three inter locking rings in white on top and on the cap it is stamped D.R.G.M. which I think is the manufacturer. PARIX is stamped sideways at the top of the clip.

The gold nib is stamped:

PARIX

14 Kt.

The only other mark is

74

OB

on the body of the plunger unit (cork seal).

 

If anyone can provide more information on these pens I would be most obliged.

[joss]

Hi,

 

Better pictures would be helpful but the Pelikan is not a 400, rather an M200.

 

check here:

http://thepelikansperch.com/database/fountain-pens/m2xx/m200/

https://www.rothemel.de/en/Pelikan/Models/Classic-Series/M200-Basis/index.html

 

I have never heard of a fountain pen named Parix. The "D.R.G.M." abbreviation means "Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster" which is something like a registered trademark.

see here: http://www.toledo-bend.com/VCL/info_2/drgm.html

Edited August 25, 2015 by joss

[peterg]

Thanks Joss, as said I have minimal knowledge of German pens

Edited August 26, 2015 by peterg

[sargetalon]

The Pelikan is an M200 grey marbled in the pre-'97 trim style. Easy to confuse for an M400 because they are roughly the same size. The cap band stamp would date it to the late 80's. Nice pen. Can't help at all with the Parix.