Pen Marking/making Identification, Pls

[Le Vieux]

Hi all!

 

This pen has been bought recently, from the flea market locally. No idea about the logo/inscription on the barrel, but the entire pen looks like a German or French make of 40-50's, possibly later period,

 

The nib is marked "Vaedium 04 Paris 40", steele, quite springy actually. The barrel inscription goes " 1944" or "1922" sort of year I guess, together with the wording "GLO xxxx OR", and a cartouche with "AR 19". The x's are letters, but they are too worn out.

 

I can barely make an upper comma right before the "OR", could this be something like " D'OR" (French for golden)?

 

Cheap pen, certainly. But I would like to know about it nonetheless .

 

Anyone ? Thank you!

 

[peterg]

From the design and materials I would say it dates to the 1940's. The inscription looks like a rather well done hand engraving. Possibly when it was bought/ given to the owner?

[Larry Barrieau]

That's an interesting pen. If it was made after August, the French would have been liberated. But I doubt that they would have been making pens at that time. They needed basics like food. The word 'Arms' also might refer to the war. I don't know, but lt's history may be fascinating.

[Le Vieux]

Thank you for your kind input. However, the "ARMS" thing is not a word, as it is clear under the loupe that we have a double cartouche, and the left arm of what appears to be letter M is actually a vertical bar splitting the cartouche in two (AR -bar- 19).

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| AR | 19 |

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No clue about the VAEDIUM nib? I know that the Meteore fountain pens used to advertise such a nib in the 40's.

[Le Vieux]

Looks like this mystery has been solved

 

This is a "1944 Globe D'Or" fountain pen, produced in France in the 40's, early 50's. The company behind it seems to be Dominator, a French producer who also made other models, of which one looked like inspired by the Eversharp's Skyline (thank you, Richard Binder, for your website!)

 

The nib is not original to this pen I guess, since the original nib was marked with pen's brand. The nib is French though, for what is worth.

 

Thank you all, much appreciated!

Edited June 8, 2018 by PenThing

[enchiridion]

Dominator was not the company but the name of a model of pen. Globe d'Or was a brand, but it is unclear whether it was independent. Production was at Sabon in Bordeaux.

[Le Vieux]

Thank you for your input, Enchiridion! Really appreciated!