Dazzling sample album of decorated aluminum foil from Germany in 1941

by Aluminum-Walzwerke Singen

$800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

Singen, Germany: Aluminum-Walzwerke Singen, 1941. An oblong album of beautiful metallic decorated aluminum foil samples created by the German company Aluminum-Walzwerke Singen in 1941. These eye-catching, fragile samples were marketed for candy, butter, and tobacco packaging. During WWII the company became a part of the German war effort and, it was later revealed, used Russian slave labor in their factories, but the company

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