Diana Airguns Miscellaneous
Diana clock.
Pre-War goddess ink stamp.
Thanks to Keld for pics of this wonderful artefact - a bronze (brass?) ink block dating to the early years of goddess-marked Diana production. It was presumably used for production of early brochures or flyers, and has holes in the edge which I imagine were where the block was fixed into a press.
If you look at Diana stamps closely, you can see the late 1920s/early '30s rendering of her with a daring amount of leg showing, which was then changed to the more modest, even prudish, portrayal which remains to this day.
Below the pics, I've put the front page of a mid-1930s Genschow price list, showing the same, leggy(!), rendering. A couple of years later, the 1937 brochure has the more demure version of the goddess.
Diana advertising stand and unusual model-20.
Here is a charming old advertising stand featuring a German boy.
This image was also used for a brochure:
The gun in his hand is a Diana mod 20 but with a difference. It has an adjustable trigger and the front sight is a sheet steel version of the typical Diana foresight, instead of the expected bead. The rearsight is a simple notched 'v' block.]
With thanks to a collector friend for supplying these excellent pics.
Diana factory museum air rifle sell-off 2016
First posted September 2016.
See also: Diana's one-off 125-year commemorative air rifle
and: Diana model 58
and: Teun's Diana factory visit 2012.
Bergmann Arizona arcade game
See here:
and here:
and here:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com/vintage-diana-air-pistols/diana-model-5-pre-war/#post-4225
Removing Diana Giss cog wheel caps
Tip from Steve, who says:
For many years I have struggled to remove the cog wheel holders on Diana Original Giss pistols and rifles. Wrapping with leather etc is always tricky and often still damages the knurled finish.
Today I spent less than £10 on a pair of Clarke soft jaw water pump pliers which transformed the job on a recently acquired Mod 6 that is in lovely condition - apart from the cheese texture seals….
Sharing just in case it helps anyone here.
Eberhard's report on Diana factory museum visit
With thanks to Eberhard.
See also:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com/unknown-unmarked-airguns/diana-pistol-prototype/#post-10668
He says:
[The airguns on show were] not all from the Diana company, but also from many other companies. See the picture:
But I also see many unknown airguns and some very interesting air rifles.
All airguns have blue stickers with numbers.
300 air rifles were available and the highest number I could read on the air pistols was
374 on the blue shelf.
Unfortunately, I couldn't read the red stickers on the stands.