German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’) was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in Berlin in 1883 by Emil Rathenau.
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Format: Matchbox Labels
Designer/s: Unknown
Client/Publisher: AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft)
German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’German matchbox labels for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft) German for ‘General electricity company’
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